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About The Book
A child gets answers to their many questions about the ocean in this rhyming, fact-filled nonfiction board book perfect for curious minds.
Tell me why the ocean moves
in waves that splish and splash.
Wind on water makes those waves
that hit the shore and crash!
A child asks their grownup many questions about the ocean. From what creates waves, what lives in the deep sea, what makes the ocean blue, and more, scientific facts are conveyed in accessible language. Sidebars on each spread provide even more information for every question asked and answered.
Tell me why the ocean moves
in waves that splish and splash.
Wind on water makes those waves
that hit the shore and crash!
A child asks their grownup many questions about the ocean. From what creates waves, what lives in the deep sea, what makes the ocean blue, and more, scientific facts are conveyed in accessible language. Sidebars on each spread provide even more information for every question asked and answered.
About The Author
Photograph by Carter Hasegawa
Lisa Varchol Perron writes picture books, middle grade novels, and poetry for children. Her poems have appeared in children’s magazines, online poetry journals, and anthologies, and she earned the 2021 Boston Authors Club Discovery Award for picture book writers. She lives outside of Boston with her geologist husband and two book-loving kids.
About The Illustrator
Jennifer Falkner is a children’s book illustrator and designer based in Perth, Australia. Jennifer’s work is inspired by a passion for nature, the antics of her two small boys, and her own childhood playing and exploring the beach and the bush in Western Australia. Recently, Jennifer has illustrated The Happiness Seed, The Lucky Shack, the Flashlight Explorers series, Tell Me About Oceans, and Tell Me About Space. Before returning to Perth in 2018, Jennifer lived and worked in Canberra, Bangkok, Jakarta, and Singapore.
Product Details
- Publisher: Little Simon (April 16, 2024)
- Length: 22 pages
- ISBN13: 9781665935593
- Grades: P and up
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- Book Cover Image (jpg): Tell Me About Oceans Board Book 9781665935593
- Author Photo (jpg): Lisa Varchol Perron Photograph by Carter Hasegawa(0.1 MB)
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