Dance, Dolphin, Dance: A California Ocean Adventure - Hardcover

McCarthy, Patricia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1910959243 ISBN 13: 9781910959244

Publisher: Otter-Barry Books, 2019

Synopsis

Out in the ocean, deep down in the kelp forest, Dolphin dances with sea lions. But suddenly he meets a Great White Shark... and then a Killer Whale... Dance, Dolphin, dance for your life! A dramatic underwater chase, set in the Pacific Ocean, with 36 sea creatures and birds to spot, from the Red Octopus and Blue Cannonball Jellyfish to the Crowned Squirrelfish and the Sea Otter. See if you can find them all! Also in the Wilderness series: Run, Elephant, Run: "A hugely satisfactory, sensory-rich experience. A work of the highest quality" - Carousel "The language and illustrations make this a joy to read" - Kirkus

About this title

Review

"The perfect introduction to the amazing rainforest and the need to protect. The illustrations are superb and the use of light and dark are wonderful - causing the children to reach and out and touch the pages."--Let them Be Small

"A pulsating adventure that will thrill young readers and listeners."--Eye

"An Indonesian rainforest adventure, with 35 creatures to find amongst the lavishly illustrated glossy pages."--Achuka

"This simple-seeming picture book has a great deal to offer, an appealing animal character, a story in which the sense of danger resolves happily, a clever use of text and style to increase language development, an introduction to a beautiful and threatened habitat with endangered wildlife and an opportunity to explore, learn and look closely via compelling illustrations."--Books for Keeps 5-star review

"Tropical plants and rainforest creatures come to life in vivid detail. Any child who has been lost will relate to this story; the language and illustrations will make it a joy to read."--Kirkus

"Great potential as a story book but also a very basic and simple introduction to the subject of rainforests. The illustrations are visually stunning."--Armadillo

"The alliterative patterned language is perfect for children to join in with - 'slip-slop slip-slop; pitter-patter spit spot spot spot; whoosh swoosh whoosh swoosh'."--Parents in Touch

"With its wealth of onomatopoeia this is a great book for adding sound effects during a story session. First though, read the story, look closely at the superb visuals and then, using the final puzzle spread, go back through the book and search for the thirty odd rainforest creatures in the richly coloured illustrations."--Red Reading Hub

"This has to be one of the most beautiful books we've seen this year..."--Read It, Daddy!

"Tremendous illustrations complement precise, present-tense text complete with bold onomatopoeic language and font... an all-enveloping, hugely satisfactory, sensory-rich experience." - on Run, Elephant, Run--Carousel

About the Author

PATRICIA MACCARTHY is an award-winning illustrator. Her picture book Moon Forest was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for 2014. She has collaborated extensively with the late, highly acclaimed New Zealand author, Margaret Mahy, and was awarded the New York Times "Best Illustrated Book of the Year' for 17 Kings and 42 Elephants. She is the author and illustrator of Run, Elephant, Run, the first title in the Wildnerness series (Otter-Barry Books, 2017). Patricia MacCarthy lives in Sussex.

About this edition

• Publisher: Otter-Barry Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1910959243
• ISBN 13: 9781910959244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: McCarthy Patricia