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40 pp.
| HarperCollins/B+B
| May, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-249153-4$17.99
(3)
PS
Illustrated by
Charles Santoso.
An unlikely duo takes a firm stance against any and all nighttime rituals in this lighthearted bedtime book. In speech-bubble dialogue, pajama-clad Penguin and Shrimp reject toothbrushes and pillows while cartoony digital illustrations portray the livelier activities they offer as substitute ("fireworks! / OH YEAH! Now we're talking!"). Even if their eventual submission to slumber is foreseeable, young listeners will enjoy the playful defiance.
(4)
1-3
Third-grade mermaid Cora needs to pass a spelling test to stay on the Singing Sirens swim team, so she writes in her diary (this book) to practice. During the predictable story, Cora befriends a shrimp (who's not-so-shrimpy in size) and learns a secret behind the Sirens. Cora is a spunky protagonist, though her snarky voice isn't always believably childlike. Raymundo's blue-tinged illustrations fill the text-light pages.
24 pp.
| ABDO
| September, 2015
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-62403-736-8$25.65
(4)
K-3
Super SandCastle: Animal Superpowers series.
The "superpowers" that make mantis shrimp and octopuses unique as well as more basic information are introduced using short sentences and eye-catching color photographs. The information amounts to a cursory glance (and there's some over-generalizing in Octopus), but the material is presented in an engaging manner and may inspire further research. An illustrated "superhero" for each animal and a quiz are appended. Glos. Review covers these Super SandCastle: Animal Superpowers titles: Mantis Shrimp and Octopus.
32 pp.
| Carolrhoda
| September, 2002
|
LibraryISBN 0-87614-648-5$$15.95
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1-3
Illustrated by
George Crespo.
With the help of a talking heron, a Louisiana boy transforms into a red fish so he can enlist other sea creatures in a campaign to dig away the silt that has kept the shrimp out of the gulf, and thus out of the boy's parents' fishing nets. Cajun dialect enhances the story, as do the not-particularly attractive but forceful primitive-style paintings.