Deep Sea Dive

by Salina Yoon

I'm your dive guide.
Come with me.
Let's explore the
deep blue sea.  

This exciting interactive board book lets kids explore the underwater world and learn about deep-sea creatures. They'll meet a host of animals, from sharks and octopuses to puffer fish and sea turtles. By lifting the flap, children will reveal a close-up glimpse of each animal--and discover fun facts set in rhyming verse.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals

14 pages, Board Book

First published March 1, 2012

About the author

Salina Yoon is an award-winning author/illustrator of over 150 books for children, including Penguin and Pinecone, Penguin on Vacation, Penguin in Love, Penguin and Pumpkin, Penguin's Big Adventure, Found, and Stormy Night.

Her latest book, Be a Friend, was a Winter 2015-2016 Kids' Indie Next Pick. Among her other awards are a Scholastic Teachers Top 10 Picture Book for Penguin's Big Adventure, and an NPR Best Book and 2014 SCIBA Book Award for Best Picture Book for Found. (complete list is on the website ABOUT page)

She studied art and design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and now lives in San Diego with her family.

www.salinayoon.com

Reviews

[Carly · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids (2 & 4) both love this book— the size and shape are fun and unique, we all love “wearing” the diving helmet. Each little fact about the sea creatures rhyme, so it’s fun to read, while being informational too. We’ve had a lot of ripped flaps because they are just kind of glued on the top without an easy spot for younger toddlers to grab/flip.

[Destiny Dawn Long · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun board book with colorful illustrations. The book is set up to make toddlers feel like they are going on a deep sea dive with a guide. Then, it becomes a peek-a-boo style book. Each page features a different marine animal, and when the flap is lifted there is a rhyme that tells something about the animal. My one complaint, which is one that holds for most of the peek-a-boo books I've encountered is that the flaps are flimsy and quickly fall apart in the hands of eager toddlers.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This seem to be my daughter favorite of the 5 we read from the library in the last two days.
We have a 55 gallon tank in our bathroom and we been two different aquariums in her 29 months of life.
We have read a few books by this author that we liked (Do cows meow? & Do Crocs Kiss? ) and one we didn't care for much (Wings: A Book to Touch and Feel)
I'll be getting her this book along with the other two very soon.

[Rochelle Sondae · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm labeling this one as "non-fiction" because there really isn't a story line to follow. Each spread contains two lift the flap creatures with informative text under the flap. My cousin and I had fun with the die-cut front cover pretending that we were wearing a scuba mask.

[Great Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bright colors and big pictures will grab a child's attention. Flip those flaps for rhymes about the creatures of the deep.
Reviewer #7

[Elisabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the bright illustrations and simple information about each of the sea creatures.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3-year-old picked this up at the library tonight and hasn't put it down since. He likes the little lift up flaps and I like the fact that he's interested in a book more than the tv.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has interesting text and fabulous illustrations. I can read it to my nine month old without lifting up the flaps. As he ages, what's under the flaps I know he'll love too.

[Sarah Stumphf · Rating 5 out of 5]

My two year old loved this book! Opening the flaps to hear more about the sea creatures was engaging and fun for him.

[Dana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introduction to a few sea creatures. Cute while still providing interesting informational tidbits to young children.

[Adeline Stevens · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like how it rhymed.

[Sheyla · Rating 4 out of 5]

cute

[Mia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! A favorite for story times. Highly recommend for kiddos who love the ocean and/or need a fun board book read!

[Knitcookwrite · Rating 4 out of 5]

Take a dive and enjoy the undersea world!

[Elizabeth]

I like that a Black boy is our undersea guide :)

It's a lift-the-flap book, and for the bulk of the book each page has the name of a sea animal, a picture of it on the flap, and then you lift the flap for another image of the animal and a brief rhyme (though the rhyme sometimes feels a little forced -- and before the flaps start we get "Sea stars, turtles, marine life galore--there's so much to see on the ocean floor." except that most of the creatures we meet are not on the ocean floor).

A nice enough started book, but I wasn't particularly taken with it.

I did like the term "sea star" for what I'm used to calling "starfish," since they aren't actually fish.