What Fish Are Saying: Strange Sounds in the Ocean

PreS-Gr 2–This book has it all: captivating illustrations that bring the underwater world to life without being cartoonish; fantastic rhyming verses that make science facts easily understood and memorable; loads of information about how fish communicate and make decisions. It’s an obvious choice for nature lovers and science teachers, but it also provides a wealth of new vocabulary and plenty of opportunities for lessons about rhyming words, onomatopoeia, perspective, and point of view. With all the sound effects, this will be a popular read-aloud for story hours; there’s so much to learn about underwater sounds and readers will appreciate such a terrific introduction to the topic. Those students who may not ordinarily be drawn to science themes will learn new concepts and will start asking more questions about this noisy underwater realm.