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Elliott, David

In the Sea

32 pp. | Candlewick | February, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-4498-7 $16.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Holly Meade. In this companion book to In the Wild and On the Farm, poetry and art combine to create memorable portraits, for the very young, of twenty ocean creatures. The full-spread woodcut-and-watercolor illustrations are both striking and simple. Tone of the very short poems varies nicely: most are lightly humorous while others are evocative and almost majestic. Reel this one in; it's a keeper.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2012