California Readers 2007 California Collection for Elementary School
Published by Scholastic Press

Illustrated by Steve Jenkins(Cover illustration copyright (c) by Steve Jenkins. All rights reserved. Used by permission.)

 

“All night long, while you are asleep,
    millions of sea creatures move through the deep…”

 

MORE ABOUT THE BOOK

School Library Journal

“This evocative read-aloud will make a splash with youngsters practicing their counting, learning about sea life, or simply enjoying the book one-on-one
before bedtime.”

The Review Zone

“…inspirational enough to start a wonderful discussion with your kids or class about the magic of the deep blue sea, and subtle enough to be the
perfect bedtime book.”

Children's Literature

“Steve Jenkins' cut paper collages are bursting with life and color and coordinate perfectly with Deborah Lee Rose's verse.”

Kirkus Reviews

“Appealing to novice enumerators and budding naturalists alike.”

 

 

FEATURED HABITATS

Sandy Beach, Rocky Shore, Kelp Forest, Coral Reef, Open Ocean, Tropical Ocean, Polar Sea, The Deep

MATH ASPECTS

Counting forwards 1 to 10 and backwards 10 to 1; recognizing numbers and number words; addition—add up all the creatures in the book for a total of  110!

LITERACY ASPECTS

Rhyme, rhythmic language, verbs, expository prose (factual background for each creature)

SCIENCE ASPECTS

bioluminescence—firefly squid, dragonfish; camouflage—nudibranchs, spider crabs, parrotfish, raccoon butterfly fish, leafy sea dragons; communication—humpback whales; echolocation—porpoises; locomotion—lobsters, porpoises; migration—blue whales, sea turtles; nocturnal behavior—coral polyps, lobsters, moray eels, otters, parrotfish, turtles; predation—hammerhead sharks, basket stars; reproduction—coral reefs, sea turtles; respiration—beluga whales, moray eels

CLASSROOOM EXTENSIONS

Reading:  Read about nocturnal land animals and compare to sea animals

Writing:  Night animal books

Art:  Torn-paper ocean collage

Science:  Dive into an ocean science field trip!