The Ocean in Your Bathtub

The Ocean in Your BathtubThe Ocean in Your Bathtub by Isabel Greenberg, Seth Fishman
ISBN: 0062953362
Genres: Non-Fiction
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
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two-stars

 

I’m not exactly sure who I would recommend this book to. It has lots of short facts about the ocean but it comes across as scattered to me. It skips from water cycle to geographical factoids to phytoplankton to pollution, etc. with a new topic on each page.  The length of the facts implies that it would be for smaller children but then it incorporates words and concepts that would be more appropriate for 4th or 5th graders. In their defense, though, it does go into further detail for a few of the concepts (phytoplankton, aquifers and the water cycle) at the end but I think all three of those things would benefit from more information. If a child or class is interested in learning about our oceans parents or teachers could find alternatives to this one that would be more engaging and informative.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free Library, Bath

two-stars