Dizzy

by Stacy Nyikos

He dives, he flips, he clears full gainers reversed with a spin. Dizzy is the fastest and busiest dolphin ever. He d rather herd whales than snooze on seaweed. Until one day when he misses the most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976419920
• ISBN13: 9780976419921
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Stonehorse Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 11.1" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

An upbeat children's picturebook

Dizzy is an upbeat children's picturebook about Dizzy, the world's fastest dolphin, so speedy he can leap out of the water and clear a full gainer reversed with a spin. Singsong rhyming verse and wild, flowing color illustrations embellish this amazing sea adventure brimming cover to cover with enthusiasm and zest for life. "Circling around in a victory loop / Dizzy Caught sight of a fast racing sloop. / 'Let's bow surf that ship coming out of the cove!' // He squawked to friends / as he arched... / and then dove." The final page of this enthusiastically recommended picturebook presents young readers with some basic questions and answers about dolphins in general and Pacific white-sided dolphins such as Dizzy in particular.

Busy, busy Dizzy the Dolphin teaches about sea animals

"It's a bird. It's a torpedo. No...wait, it's Dizzy, the world's fastest dolphin." Adventure in the ocean awaits your child as they follow a very busy go-for-it dolphin named Dizzy. Author Stacy Nyikos is an award-winning writer, musician and parent. She began writing poetry in college, but didn't get into children's literature until she finished her Ph.D. Some of Nyikos' language will keep the parent/reader challenged to explain to the child words that will expand their vocabulary--words such as "plummeted, full gainer, speedster, and bellowed--and that certainly is good. The incredibly wonderful illustrations by Kary Lee have as much movement and color as Dizzy, the busy dolphin. The other aquatic animals (otters and sea lions) are each worthy of their own book. I suspect the children will love the adorable sea otters. Lee has incorporated the words into the design and some go in circles while others fly along with Dizzy. Nykios' rhyming poetry is also so full of energy that I didn't realize it was rhyming until my second read. The storyline is that Dizzy visits with his ocean friends as he flips and flops, spins and slices, plummets and circles, arches and zips through the water. After a day of all-out play, he was tired--until someone told him about fresh fish in the area. At the back, an entire page of "Dolphin Delights" educates child and parent alike. You learn what they like to eat, where they live, what they do and much more. Third in a series of stories of aquatic life, Dizzy follows Squirt, about squid and Shelby, featuring a shy lemon shark (see our review). Both of her previous books have received honors. Her next book, due in 2008, is a children's novel, Dragon Wish (by Blooming Tree Press). Armchair Interviews says: If your child does not already know about aquatic animals, this book will give them an lot of new information presented with great fun.