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40 pp.
| Scholastic |
September, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-439-09696-0$$15.95
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Illustrated by
Steve Jenkins.
Rhyming couplets list a variety of animals that make their home in the sea, "where Anemones sting / and Barnacles cling." The alphabet motif is more subtle here than in most alphabet books, but what steals the show are the beautiful, uncomplicated cut-paper collages, which employ an astonishing array of appropriately textured papers. Notes at the end expand on the animals pictured in the book.