Deep Oceans

by Ellen Labrecque

Read this book to learn about one of Earth's last deep oceans. Learn about the cold and dark depths of the ocean, where scientists find extreme landforms and unusual living things.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Lindsay Koltas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nonfiction/ Twin Text Entry #1

This book looks deeper into the oceans around our world and the landforms that surround them. Each page has a heading that introduces each topic or poses a question and information, pictures, and diagrams that provide more information. Some of the pages that I found particulary interesting were the waterfalls, hot springs, and deep sea creatures pages. This book is considered an informational text because it provides main ideas and details on facts about the ocean.

The fiction book that I paired it with was from the Big Golden Book Collection and the title was, "Disney Pixar: Finding Nemo." This book is modeled after the Disney Pixar movie about a clown fish who lives in the ocean and gets lost from home.

Both of these books would be best suited for primary grade levels because the vocabulary and comprehension level needed to read both of these book matches the grade level abilities of a Kindergarten to 2nd grader. These books can be paired together because the information provided in the Deep Oceans book provides background knowledge into some of the characters and setting aspects in the Finding Nemo book. For example, the nonfiction book gives details about ocean depths, vents in the ocean, sea turtles, and other marine life. Those same topics are a main part in the Finding Nemo story. Pairing these fiction and nonfiction books together would help students activate background knowledge and understand the concepts and vocabulary deeper.

[Autumn · Rating 4 out of 5]

We picked this book up from K's school library. K and I both learned a lot about the Ocean. I learned things that I have never read or seen before. This is a book that is filled with a lot of information but nothing that bores you and pictures go great with each page. We learned about animals, how people are able to explore, volcanoes. Which did you know that it is estimated that there are at least 5,000 active volcanoes? I totally didn't. I think this is a great book to read to kids that want to learn more about the Ocean, maybe even in the classroom. Great for maybe say 1st graders on up, now reading on their own I would say only if they are advance enough.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good very informational. interesting to know that only a small percentage of our earth's oceans have been explored. for all we know there could be such a thing as a monster sized squid or octopus COOL right? think of all of the things that the ocean could be hiding.