Oceans of Love

by Janet Lawler, Holly Clifton-Brown (Illustrator)

Overview

A beautiful watercolor celebration of the love between ocean mamas and their babies, big and small.

From whales and dolphins, to hermit crabs and jellyfish, the ocean is filled with many different creatures. Join them on this imaginary undersea journey as ocean mamas care for their babies, each in their own special way! Because one thing is universal: there's no other love like that between mamas and their little ones.

With bright and beautiful watercolor illustrations comes this tender and heartwarming celebration of all the different mamas and babies you can find, especially those that live under the sea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593326756
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	02/01/2022
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	774,656
Product dimensions:	10.38(w) x 10.81(h) x 0.36(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Janet Lawler (janetlawler.com) is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction children’s books. Her work has been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Japanese, and Hebrew. She is the author of If Kisses Were Colors, Snowzilla, Fright School, Kindergarten Hat, Walrus Song, and many others.

Holly Clifton-Brown (hollycliftonbrown.com) combines traditional painting techniques and mixed media married with digital collage techniques to create a playful and tactile visual language. All of her illustrations are individually hand-painted using gouache, coloring pencils, crayons, and felt-tip pens using only the wizardry of Photoshop for compiling her images together. She is the illustrator of You Are Always Loved, Where Are You, Blue?, Stella Brings the Family, The Flower Girl Wore Celery, and many others.

Editorial Reviews

"Ideal for a read-aloud, this story’s clever, gentle rhymes and beautiful oceanic theme will delight caregivers and their children alike. A seamless combination of hand-painted and digital techniques make for eye-catching collages in crisp textures and vibrant colors. Recommended as a well-crafted, visually engaging bedtime read-aloud." -SLJ

From the Publisher

12/01/2021

PreS-Gr 2—Ideal for a read-aloud, this story's clever, gentle rhymes and beautiful oceanic theme will delight caregivers and their children alike. Sea creature mothers care for their offspring in this tender story, centering on how mothers comfort, help, feed, play with, and guide young ones, with specific—albeit imagined–examples of the actions of different underwater species. Filled with creature names and pleasant, descriptive words, Lawler's rhymes roll fluidly off the tongue. At times, the four-line rhyming stanzas are split between pages in a way that makes for a slightly uneven break in readability that may confuse new readers. Balanced compositions, filtered light, and full background and foreground elements create an immersive experience in an underwater world teeming with life. A seamless combination of hand-painted and digital techniques make for eye-catching collages in crisp textures and vibrant colors. VERDICT Recommended as a well-crafted, visually engaging bedtime read-aloud.—Rachel Mulligan, Westampton, NJ

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