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Explore My World
Explore My World: Coral Reefs
In this charming picture book for preschoolers, curious kids will learn all about the amazing underwater world of coral reefs and the animals that live there.
From sea stars to seahorses to sharks, young readers will be amazed by the diversity of life in coral reefs and by the wonders of our natural world. These engaging Explore My World picture books, on subjects kids care about, combine simple storytelling with unforgettable photography. They invite little kids to take their first big steps toward understanding the world around them and are just the thing for parents and kids to curl up with and read aloud.
From sea stars to seahorses to sharks, young readers will be amazed by the diversity of life in coral reefs and by the wonders of our natural world. These engaging Explore My World picture books, on subjects kids care about, combine simple storytelling with unforgettable photography. They invite little kids to take their first big steps toward understanding the world around them and are just the thing for parents and kids to curl up with and read aloud.
32 pages, Paperback
Published March 6, 2018
About the author
Jill Esbaum
82 books44 followersJill Esbaum is a full-time writer and author of I am Cow, Hear Me Moo!, I Hatched!, Stanza, and Tom’s Tweet, among many others. She lives on a farm with her husband and children in Dixon, IA.
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April 19, 2022
A coral reef!
Beneath sparkling ocean waves,
sunbeams shine on a world
of strange shapes and
brilliant colors.
Well designed for reading aloud with TK-1st grade. Colorful photos with plenty of close-ups. Clear content that builds (appropriately for the audience) - what a coral reef is made of (coral polyps), the creatures that occupy, move through a coral reef from day to night. LOVE that Esbaum does not shy away from beautiful, challenging vocabulary as she describes the creatures that chomp, scrunch, snack, sneak. Lots of room for rereading and asking young ones to move in the same way the creatures do! And for asking questions like "What did you just learn that's fascinating to you?" and "Why is a coral reef important?"
ONE WISH - Just wish the format was a bit bigger. With bigger groups, you might need to use a document camera or access the Kindle version.
PARTNER THIS TEXT WITH -
*The Mysterious Sea Bunny by Peter Raymundo for a close-up look at one creature that lives in a coral reef (nonfiction)
*Alba and the Ocean Cleanup by Lara Hawthorne (fiction) about a fish named Alba who finds herself living in a ocean of litter until a young girl helps her solve the problem
Beneath sparkling ocean waves,
sunbeams shine on a world
of strange shapes and
brilliant colors.
Well designed for reading aloud with TK-1st grade. Colorful photos with plenty of close-ups. Clear content that builds (appropriately for the audience) - what a coral reef is made of (coral polyps), the creatures that occupy, move through a coral reef from day to night. LOVE that Esbaum does not shy away from beautiful, challenging vocabulary as she describes the creatures that chomp, scrunch, snack, sneak. Lots of room for rereading and asking young ones to move in the same way the creatures do! And for asking questions like "What did you just learn that's fascinating to you?" and "Why is a coral reef important?"
ONE WISH - Just wish the format was a bit bigger. With bigger groups, you might need to use a document camera or access the Kindle version.
PARTNER THIS TEXT WITH -
*The Mysterious Sea Bunny by Peter Raymundo for a close-up look at one creature that lives in a coral reef (nonfiction)
*Alba and the Ocean Cleanup by Lara Hawthorne (fiction) about a fish named Alba who finds herself living in a ocean of litter until a young girl helps her solve the problem
July 24, 2024
This worked perfectly for a ocean-themed storytime. The kids (preschool age) loved the vibrant pictures and learning the names of different kinds of fish, coral, and other sea creatures. The minimal text on the pages (I think the max was two sentences) made this good for young ones with limited attention spans.
July 2, 2019
With vivid colors and beautiful close up photographs of sea stars, squids and seahorses, this is a great book for preschoolers.
June 11, 2021
beautiful pictures to build knowledge
July 17, 2024
Great pictures and interesting read. My five year old son loved it! Has great questions to get kids interacting with the book.
September 6, 2019
Marine Theme: We liked it. It's about right for reading to 4-6 year olds as it uses lots of colourful photos and very short amounts of text. It's not really an early reader so much as a good visual prompt for discussions and story writing as part of an enquiry.
Miss 5 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.
Miss 5 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.
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