Overview / 简介: |
| A-fish-ionados of big-city aquariums will recognize familiar watery environments within these splendidly illustrated pages. Based on several specific aquariums, Aliki's mega-museum features a three-story kelp jungle, a muggy tropical rain forest and a coral reef. More standard attractions include tide pools, freshwater tanks and, of course, the dark, glassed-in hall where sharks meet humans in eerie silence. The author/artist's characteristically skillful watercolors and varied compositions smoothly manage a flood of information. But, in contrast to the bountiful, unrestrained illustrations, the hardworking narration dulls colorful details. A few tidbits, however, successfully bait the hook: anchovies prefer to swim by the hundreds in a small round tank, "packed in tight, moving in never-ending circles"; a diver feeds fish "so they will not be tempted to eat each other." Some adult intervention may be necessary to extract the full value of the teeming text, but this book will enrich both the preparation for and memories of trips to an aquarium. An endnote stresses the need to preserve the environment. Ages 4-8. |
From Organization / 国外机构评价: |
| PreSchool-Grade 2-Children and adults of various ages, races, and physical abilities tour a public aquarium and are treated to a look at many of the world's marine creatures. The language is almost lyrical, and its lilting quality imparts a feeling of journeying underwater to discover fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and more. Readers and viewers will be equally entertained, as Aliki uses watercolors, ink, and pencil crayons on waterboard for this excursion. The sense of motion is amplified in the colorful pictures as children run, point, and photograph their favorite species, shrink from the shark tank (seen from the shark's point of view), and reach into the touchable tide pool exhibit. Different sized illustrations add to the visual variety, and the creatures are labeled in script, enticing readers to linger over the pages. Whimsical touches-the docent is wearing bright fish earrings, and the last page features this book being sold at the aquarium gift store-add to a story alive with color and action.
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Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| My visit to the Aquarium captures the feeling of being at the Aquarium with its beautiful illustrations. The author has very thoughtfully included a diverse gathering of people who visit this Aquarium, including a young girl who is using a wheelchair. There is so much information to teach a child who is reading this book about fish, sealife nad other water resources. My daughter exclaims her excitement when looking at the illustrations in this book. It is truly a visit to the Aquarium with out ever having to leave the house. We have renewed this book three times from the library and have decided to add it to our perminent collection since it is liked by every member of the family, adults as well as children. We know you'll love it too |
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