Simon & Schuster Children's Guide to Sea Creatures

by Jinny Johnson

Book Overview

" An indispensable guide to the marine world that will delight kids everywhere!"

Welcome to the world's oceans, where you'll find tiny plankton and mammoth blue whales, fierce hammerhead sharks and Antarctic penguins. Utilizing the format that has made this series a success, this reference book offers full-color pictures, amazing photos, and in-depth focus spreads that bring intriguing facts to light.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689815344
• ISBN13: 9780689815348
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 11.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Just when we thought we'd seen most sea creatures

My kids and I loved this book. Tons of pictures of sea creatures we'd never heard of before i.e. Football fish (appropriately named), Gulper Eel,, Glass sponge, Brittle Star. This interesting book covers everything related to the sea including sea birds. Wonderful pictures & photos

sort of like a sea dictionary

This was the best book I found in looking for something to do a unit on sea animals with my daughter (we homeschool). We are doing simple file folders of basic facts and picture of each animal and this was the ticket. Instead of having to look through lots of books and piece it together, this book is almost like a little dictionary of sea creatures. Probably about 3 animals to a page with an illustration and just the basic facts in about 3 sentences on each animal. Since that was all we wanted, it fit the bill. It's not in debth on the animals, just a short overview.

Our preschooler loves this

Our preschooler loves this book and has pretty much memorized every "creature" in it. The drawings are exciting without being frightening and the text is short. The authors have selected creatures with great appeal for children and she loves to say their names: Black-eyed goby! Moorish Idol! Sockeye salmon!