Octopus Under The Sea

by Connie Roop, Peter Roop, Carol Schwartz (Illustrator)

A fascinating easy reader filled with rythmic text and vibrant illustrations delves into the underworld realm of sea creatures and provides facts about their environment, their eating habits, and their survival instincts. Original.

Genres: Childrens, Animals, Science

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Connie Roop, a high school environmental science teacher, is a recipient of the Women Leaders in Education Award from the American Association of University Women and a Kohl Education Foundation Award for Exceptional Teaching.

Together, with her husband Peter, Roop has written 100 children's books ranging from historical fiction to nonfiction. Seven of their books are "Reading Rainbow" books, including Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie. Their books have received recognition from the National Association of Science Teachers, National Council of Teachers of English, the Children's Book Council, and the American Library Association. They have presented over 800 workshops for students, educators and writers in 26 states as well as Europe, Africa and Asia.

Reviews

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this Spanish book because it teaches children facts about octopi, and it also rhymes. I used this story for an ocean-themed Spanish and bilingual story time program this summer. I also used it last summer. It could be used to promote phonological awareness since it rhymes, but this last time I used the stories I did to promote vocabulary building. At the beginning of the program, I held up pictures of real-life ocean animals, including an octopus, crab, starfish, and sea horse, and asked the children to identify them. It was a pretty successful program. I also brought in a conch shell so the kids could listen to the "ocean."

[Carson · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book tells me alot of things about octopus. I like the page that octopus escape frpm the shark by shooting its ink out.

[Dianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

The verse in this book messed up my beginning reader just a little: it used less common words and structures in order to obtain the rhyme and meter.

[Melissa]

My son's favorite book that I read several times a day. Very good!