Fabulous Fishes

by Susan Stockdale

Book Overview

Dive into the underwater world of fantastic fishes and their habitats! Fish come in all sorts of interesting shapes, sizes, and colors--and many of them can do amazing things as well. Can you imagine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156145429X
• ISBN13: 9781561454297
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Fabulous is only one of many words to describe this marvelous voyage around the world to visit the o

A round discus fish gracefully glides through some reeds. Three colorful clownfish tuck themselves in and around some "poisonous tentacles of sea anemones." Their unusual skin protects them from the poison. If you could go beneath the ocean waters around the world, you would be able to see many fabulous fishes. Some are not as easy to spot as others. The giant kelpfish of the Eastern Pacific Ocean camouflages itself in kelp. The long nosed buttery fish searches the coral to find its meal and the unusual porcupine-fish puffs up to ward off its enemies. "Sand fish, land fish, fish that flash their lights. Speckled fish, spotted fish, fish with tails curled tight." There are many fish to ooh and ah over whenever and wherever you can find them. In the pages of this book they hide, swim and ride the waves through these pages. You'll get to see the flying fish "burst up out of the water," the garden eel will hide, and the mudskipper will "skip along the muddy shore and even climb trees. You'll get a glimpse at lanternfishes, hatchetfishes, the steelhead rainbow trout, the bluespotted stingray and will be wowed by the seahorse. Sardines, lionfish, remoras, flounders, catfish, California grunions, bluestriped snappers, swordfish and the clown triggerfish will round out the tour. Fabulous is only one of many words to describe this marvelous voyage around the world to visit the oceans' fish. One of the most striking things was the very colorful, vivid illustrations of each fish. The rhyming scheme, which will appeal to the younger reader, doesn't miss a beat. I can't say that I had a favorite fish because so many of the portraits were so lovely. In the back of the book there are thumbnails of each fish with brief, but detailed information and additional recommended book resources. This book can be a stepping stone to further research for a report or simply a fun, informative read!