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in the swim
Grab your snorkel and splash along with outrageous underwater creatures!
in the swim.
Children will delight in the playful, witty language of twenty-one lively poems while they learn about their ocean and freshwater friends.
in the swim.
Children will delight in the playful, witty language of twenty-one lively poems while they learn about their ocean and freshwater friends.
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
April 1st 2001
by Sandpiper
(first published March 1st 1997)
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Student Name: Chris Maynard
Purpose: Poetry/Anthology (Wide Reading Project)
Genre: Poetry
Format: Picture Book
Grades: Pre-K - Primary and even Intermediate (depending on purpose)
Subjects/themes: See the bookshelves above.
School Use: Like Insectlopedia, In the Swim is another great resource for the primary classroom, offering great potential as a read aloud for students learning about the different types of fish in oceans and/or lakes and rivers. It would be really cool to supplement Florian's pai...more
This is full of short, funny poems about all sorts of sea animals and fish. One of my favorite poems is:
The Piranhas
It's widely known
That grown piranhas
Are long on teeth
But short on manners.
(c) Douglas Florian
Kids will laugh at the different poems and paintings Florian creates. Another favorite explains the sawfish: "My spendid saw's/ for goring fishes-/ I eat them raw/ And don't do dishes." For a fuller look, check out Google Books where you can preview some of the artwork with their poem...more
The Piranhas
It's widely known
That grown piranhas
Are long on teeth
But short on manners.
(c) Douglas Florian
Kids will laugh at the different poems and paintings Florian creates. Another favorite explains the sawfish: "My spendid saw's/ for goring fishes-/ I eat them raw/ And don't do dishes." For a fuller look, check out Google Books where you can preview some of the artwork with their poem...more
I loved this book - I read the whole thing instead of just one poem. Some were very creative; I loved the poems in the shapes of the animals. I remember reading "Seahorse" and "catfish."
This is a well read book in our house. We like fish. Besides the bazillion fish tanks my daughter (who rescues fish, long story) has set up all over the house to hold crazy beta fish in roomy watery splendor, we also just plain old like fish. My oldest two grew up just blocks away from The Maritime Center in Norwalk, Ct - and we practically lived there. So it was fitting that my first introduction to the kindly warm and wonderful wit of Sir Florian was this book. I have since gone on to adore hi...more
Each poem is about a different fish. Absolutely wonderful for kids to learn the names of fish.
This is a poetry book about fish. It has some written in dramatic ways such as shapes.
The Cat Fish: A humorous poem about how a cat fish does not look or act like a cat.
love his style. big ideas in small packages. simple text describes animals. all of his books are excellent
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