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As with their two previous collaborations, In the Farm and In the Wild, Elliot and Meade combine captivating woodcut illustrations and short poetry as they go beneath the sea to introduce youngsters to the behavior and interactions of a variety of sea creatures.
You’ll meet a dainty sea horse, fearsome shark, an octopus who can vanish at will in a cloud of ink, and a starfish who uses its five fingers to maneuver about. Urchins, sardines, shrimp, and mackerel all share one two-page spread while herring, dolphin, orca, a sea turtle, and a ferocious moray eel swim past on other pages.
You’ll see coral and anemones with clown fish darting about. The chambered nautilus bobs past as her shell spins round, a secretive giant squid makes a fleeting appearance, and the puffer fish does its imitation of a balloon on other pages.
The author saves the biggest sea creature for last—and, of course, the blue whale doesn’t even fit on two pages. It takes an extra page to give you a sense of his gigantic size.
Exploring the depths, this picture book will excite budding oceanographers to do further reading to learn more about all of these special sea critters.
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In the Sea