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Commotion in the Ocean (Picture Books)
For use in schools and libraries only. Collects poems describing the many creatures living beneath the sea, including the crab, dolphin, and angel fish.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 16th 1998
by Orchard Books
(first published 1996)
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Feb 05, 2013
Terry
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Age of Child: Read with a 2-year-old boy.
Little Kid Reaction: We read this one multiple times. My son liked the colors in this book. He related the animals to his life - the sharks on his pajamas, his brother's stuff penguin, etc.
Big Kid Reaction: This book is entertaining but misleading from a biological standpoint. I didn't like it. Some of the information is educational: the turtles are crawling on the sand, the crabs walk sideways, etc. Some is misleading: the reasons why they do these thing...more
Little Kid Reaction: We read this one multiple times. My son liked the colors in this book. He related the animals to his life - the sharks on his pajamas, his brother's stuff penguin, etc.
Big Kid Reaction: This book is entertaining but misleading from a biological standpoint. I didn't like it. Some of the information is educational: the turtles are crawling on the sand, the crabs walk sideways, etc. Some is misleading: the reasons why they do these thing...more
Author: Giles Andreae
Illustrator: David Wojtowycz
Genre: First person perspective novel
Publication Info: Scholastic (1998)
Reading Level: Fluent
Topic/Theme: Sea life/ Poetic Rhyme
Issues Addressed: The different types of sea creatures under the sea.
Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Individual Reading.
Summary: Andreae walks his readers through an underwater adventure. Readers are able to meet dolphins, swordfish, jellyfish, angelfish, sharks, walruses, and many more. He talks about the differences betwee...more
Illustrator: David Wojtowycz
Genre: First person perspective novel
Publication Info: Scholastic (1998)
Reading Level: Fluent
Topic/Theme: Sea life/ Poetic Rhyme
Issues Addressed: The different types of sea creatures under the sea.
Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Individual Reading.
Summary: Andreae walks his readers through an underwater adventure. Readers are able to meet dolphins, swordfish, jellyfish, angelfish, sharks, walruses, and many more. He talks about the differences betwee...more
This entertaining poetry book is one of the best poetry books written for children. The way the author is able to incorporate facts about each of the sea creatures into the poems while still making each poem rhyme is done flawlessly. Each short poem presents a new sea animal or fish; then, the author gives one fact about each of the animals and other information that children may not already know. If used with students, teachers can teach their students what rhyming looks like and they can also...more
Sep 27, 2012
Gabrielle
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I picked this book up, because I saw two little boys reading it and laughing and flipping through the pages with such excitement to find out what was going to happen next. I opened it and understood why children of a young age would fall in love with it. The pictures are so animated and fun, they add so much character to the book. It's a fantastic book that lets kids run wild with their imaginations and it teaches them all different things. It has a great collection of rhymes, so it's a fun stor...more
The age 2.5 child was so busy asking, "What's that?" and pointing at every colorful picture in the book it took us a few days to actually get around to the story. The beginning and end of the story have several stanzas with one picture page so I was skeptical about how those pages would hold my child's attention span but found he was willing to hear it all most times as long as I spent sufficient time answering all of his questions about the picture details. The inner pages are poetic in their d...more
Feb 05, 2013
Kelsey Vayens
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4 of 5 stars
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This is book is such a fun book, and it can be used in various age levels. This book is a poetry book that uses the topic of sea creatures to teach about rhyme, poetry, and even science. For those that are younger students, this can be taught to teach about rhyming words. The teacher can introduce rhyming words and ask the children to go on a rhyming scavenger hunt within the book. For slightly older students, this can teach about poetry. After reading this, it can inspire the class to make thei...more
Read this one again this week in conjunction with parts of The Ocean Alphabet Book. Jerry Pallotta visited our campus last week so that was sort of a closure to our study of all of his books.
Anyway, I digress. I like all of Giles Andreae's books. They have fun illustrations and catchy little rhymes. Shakespeare, it's not, but it doesn't have to be! The kids love the pictures of the shark and the swordfish and the octopus and the blue whale. They laugh when I read the angelfish stanza in my appro...more
Anyway, I digress. I like all of Giles Andreae's books. They have fun illustrations and catchy little rhymes. Shakespeare, it's not, but it doesn't have to be! The kids love the pictures of the shark and the swordfish and the octopus and the blue whale. They laugh when I read the angelfish stanza in my appro...more
I have just finished reading this book with my Year 1 children and they loved it! The book offers a selection of short, snappy and funny poems about all the different creatures you might find beneath the sea.
Year 1 have just been learning about features of poetry such as rhyming words, repeated text, amazing adjectives and alliteration so the book was a perfect choice for story time. The children were able to easily pick out rhyming words, adjectives and alliteration and were excited by the brig...more
Year 1 have just been learning about features of poetry such as rhyming words, repeated text, amazing adjectives and alliteration so the book was a perfect choice for story time. The children were able to easily pick out rhyming words, adjectives and alliteration and were excited by the brig...more
“Commotion in the Ocean” is a very nice picture book. This is the first picture book I have read in a long time. This book was very well written and perfect for smaller children to read and it teaches a lot. It basically goes and names off a bunch of animals that are in and around the ocean and a few brief descriptions of them. One kind of down side to this book is that it's just a little too brutally honest for very small children, like when they talk about other animals eating the smaller ones...more
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Jan 06, 2012
Nichole
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
children ages 2-5
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My Mother sent this book to us to since we were going to Seaworld for a family vacation to introduce the ocean to my 2 year old son. I thought it was very cute and well done, he especially loves searching for the starfish hiding out on each page. I was a little taken aback by some of the wording, most particularly the swordfish skewering the other fish on his sword.
We love the large pages and wonderful illustrations. I like that each page is it's own separate poem with the creatures name displa...more
We love the large pages and wonderful illustrations. I like that each page is it's own separate poem with the creatures name displa...more
Love this poetry book! This book uses the topic of sea creatures to teach students about different sea animals. The book has cute rhymes throughout it and the pictures are very bright and colorful. This book can be used in many different grades. I think this book would be great for early age students when it comes to students being introduced to new sea animals; also the rhyming in book is a great way to show students examples of rhymes. I would use this book with older students to have them cre...more
"Commotion in the Ocean" is a cute and silly picture book that anyone can read and enjoy. It tells the daily life of many creatures beneath the sea. The pictures are very vivid and colorful. They really make the story a lot more enjoyable. From Crabs to Polar bears, from the surface to the deep sea the life beneath the water is the place to be. It is a very easy read, because the words are easy to comprehend and are in big print. I recommend this book to any age or gender because it's so easy to...more
Would you like to teach your young reader about the animals in the ocean? This is a great way to start. This colorful book introduces beginners to learn about crabs, turtles, dolphins and jellyfish to name a few. Each page is filled with silly and fun rhymes describing the personalities of the oceans creatures. Parents will giggle along with their kids as they meet the interesting creatures that live in the sea, by the sea and even the ones that live at the very bottom.
Sep 30, 2009
Jennifer Rampton
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3) Title: Commotion in the Ocean
Bibliographic Reference: Andreae, G (1998). Commotion in the ocean. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc..
Illustrator: David Wojtowjyz
Summary: This book is all about animals you see in the ocean. Each page is dedicated to a different animal or species you see in the ocean. It also has rhyming and colorful pages. I would use this book in an ocean unit. It has cute illustrations and it easy to understand. It is just a cute book!
In our library this book is listed under non-fiction which is cool because it's not only educational or factualy, but it's also a cute story about all the creatures that live in the ocean. It rhymes and gives a little information about dolphins, fish, whales and sharks. It's probably not appropriate for a child over the age of 5, but it's a great introduction to the ocean and all the treasures that live under the water.
This book was good. My kids love all his books.
However, we do substitue the word 'dumb' for silly (and rhyme it with 'gives me the willies'. Other then that, it's a cute honest book about the animals.
One part talks about not shaking hands with a lobster because it will snip all your fingers in two. :S
My 3 year old and 20 month old were fine with it and we've been reading it for months.
However, we do substitue the word 'dumb' for silly (and rhyme it with 'gives me the willies'. Other then that, it's a cute honest book about the animals.
One part talks about not shaking hands with a lobster because it will snip all your fingers in two. :S
My 3 year old and 20 month old were fine with it and we've been reading it for months.
"Commotion in the Ocean" is such a cute book. I really enjoyed it. This book is perfect for children learning to read. It has great illustrations and it's really easy to read. This book shows children what all goes on in the ocean. I recommend this book to children first learning to read because it's simple and teaches children about animals in the ocean.
This book was kind of funny but educational at the same time. It talks about the types of creatures that live in the ocean. It teaches kids and older people in a fun way the things you can find under the ocean. I recommend this book to mostly younger kids but also could work for older people because everyone can enjoy and learn from this book.
Commotion in the Ocean is a book about all the different animals that you can find in the sea, how they live, and what they do.
It is such a fun book for young children that are discovering animals. They are given the opportunity to explore the animals that they can't see normally and learn about the different habitats that exist.
It is such a fun book for young children that are discovering animals. They are given the opportunity to explore the animals that they can't see normally and learn about the different habitats that exist.
I liked this book. It talks a lot about what kind of animals live under the ocean and what things they do. Some of the animals they named were dolphins, crabs, turtles, angel fish, jellyfish, etc. I remember when my kindergarten teacher gave this to me. Commotion in the ocean is a learning type book for littler kids.
This is a truly superlative pop-up picture book of life at the bottom of the ocean. Its full of hilarious little details like a pull tab to move two frightened little starfish behind some coral and out of the way of the great big shark whose jaws snap open and shut as you open/close the book.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
This Commotion in the Ocean is a fun gathering with some of your more usual and unusual underwater friends. Fun, bright and engaging, the only slight downfall of this book is that the text sometimes seems to stretch to fit a rhyming scheme. Fun for young underwater animal lovers though! :)
This is great for younger kids and talking about what they can find in the ocean. You could ask children about what things they could find in the ocean and see if they spot them in the book. Also mention that there are many more things in the ocean that you will find in the book.
This sweetly illustrated book that contains short (4-line) verses about ocean animals will be a favorite of children who enjoy the ocean. Nice variety...including "deep sea" along with the more common ocean creatures...dolphin, shark, angelfish.
This seems like a fun book for our upcoming Ocean theme. This book is a series of poems about animals that live in the ocean. This book has great illustrations and some of the pages are pop-up.
This is pretty great. I'm not nuts about the illustrations or layout but purely as a read it's totally fun. Little rhymers for lobsters barnacles angel fish etcetera etcetera etcetera.
Wonderful and colorful book for children. I highly recommend it for 3-4 year olds. They can point out the different sea creatures and easily learn the rhymes.
I like this book because it presents different sea creatures to the children. The book introduce sharks, whales, jellyfish, and even starfish.
Use book during rainbow fish unit. Descriptions or names animals to identify that live in the ocesn.
Fun pictures and rhymes. Justin learned the names of lots of sea creatures because of this fun book.
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Giles Andreae is the author of several children's books, including the best-selling Giraffes Can't Dance, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees. He is the creator of Purple Ronnie, one of the most successfully licensed cartoon characters in his native England.
Giles lives with his wife and three children in Notting Hill, England.
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Giles lives with his wife and three children in Notting Hill, England.
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