National Geographic Kids Readers: In the Ocean

by Jennifer Szymanski

Dive into the waves and under the sea to meet the unique, amazing, and totally weird creatures that call the ocean home!

Whales, dolphins, sea turtles, and fish galore--you'll encounter all these incredible creatures and more in this early reader, designed for parents and children to read together.

National Geographic Kids Readers have been a hit in the competitive beginning reader category, and this book builds upon that success with a new approach--parents and children reading together. With the same combination of careful text, brilliant photographs, and fun approach to high-interest subjects that has proved to be a winning formula with kids, National Geographic Co-Readers provide one page of adult-read-aloud and one page of kid-read-aloud text on each spread, building toward a collaborative reading experience. Inside you'll find expert-vetted text, stunning images, and activities that help kids understand the concepts and vocabulary words in each book.

Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Books, Childrens

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Published September 1, 2018

Reviews

[Ashlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is separated into different sections. Those sections are “Water in the Ocean”, “Ocean Homes”, “Animals in the Ocean” , as well as “Your Turn” sections. Each section tells you a little about about the ocean, like what it looks like on earth and from space, the different cycles of the ocean, the home and ecosystems that the ocean provides for animals, how people use the ocean and the need to protect, as well as fun activities throughout to get the reader to engage in what is being learned.

I loved this book, although I am biased. The ocean is my favorite thing and I love anything that has to do with the ocean. I loved that this taught the basics of the ocean while also covering a lot of different aspects. I also loved the activities that are throughout the book to help the reader bring an abstract idea to a more concrete form. I also like the fact that this book can be read through individually but it is also set up as a “you read” “I read.”

There are many books that can be connected with this one. First, there is a Magic School Bus book dedicated to exploring the ocean. Gail Gibbons also has a variety of books that talk about different sea creatures and sea organisms. There are so many options from picture encyclopedias, to boardbooks, regular picture books as well as wordless books (for example the book Wave by Suzy Lee).

A way to use this book as a mentor text for writing would be to have students pick one of the main four section and have them do more research on that topic. After they do their research they can draw and write about what they have found and share with their classmates.

[Jillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good starter book, if your kid is starting to show interest in sea life. It brings up lots of topics that could hook a kid's interest and get them wanting to read more about certain animals, or environments, or what makes waves, etc.
I also like the "chapter review" activities.

[fruitcake · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good start into learning about the ocean.

[R. L. Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book encourages interactive reading between an older and new reader! And the activities between are fun for the littles who need a little break! Lots of fun, basic ocean info!

[Truc 2JZGTE · Rating 5 out of 5]

Colorful, fun, and interesting book! Very informative and educational. I enjoyed it a lot. I would definitely recommend.

[Mitsuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suka sama gambar-gambarnya...!!

[Sam Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Hanlin Z · Rating 3 out of 5]

I get this book a three because I like the fish but I did not like some of those fish. some of the fish looks like creepy