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Tell Me About Oceans

Series: Tell Me About
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A child gets answers to their many questions about the ocean in this rhyming, fact-filled nonfiction board book perfect for curious minds. Tell me why the ocean moves in waves that splish and splash. Wind on water makes those waves that hit the shore and crash!... Read More
Format: Board book
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In this lovely nonfiction board book, a child asks their grown-up why the ocean looks blue, what creates waves, which incredible creatures roam the deep sea, and more. Heartfelt and fact-filled, this is the perfect book for curious little minds.

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A child gets answers to their many questions about the ocean in this rhyming, fact-filled nonfiction board book perfect for curious minds. Tell me why the ocean moves
in waves that splish and splash. Wind on water makes those waves
that hit the shore and crash! A child asks their grownup many questions about the ocean. From what creates waves, what lives in the deep sea, what makes the ocean blue, and more, scientific facts are conveyed in accessible language. Sidebars on each spread provide even more information for every question asked and answered.

Series: Tell Me About

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  • Tell Me About Oceans
    A child gets answers to their many questions about the ocean in this rhyming, fact-filled nonfiction board book perfect for curious minds. Tell me why the ocean moves in waves that splish and splash. Wind on water makes those waves that hit the shore and crash! A child asks their grownup many questions about the ocean. From what creates waves,...
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  • Tell Me About: Plants
    Making big science topics just the right size for little readers as we explore plants. Did you know that plants make their food from sunshine? But that some plants eat bugs? And some plants have been around since before the time of the dinosaurs? Plants are pretty amazing, and we'd like to tell you why...So sit back, and let expert...
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  • Tell Me About: The Human Body
    Making big science topics just the right size for little readers as we explore the human body. Did you know that your lungs are the size of a tennis court? Or that your bones are stronger than cement? But your mum and dad have fewer bones than you do? The human body is pretty amazing, and we'd like to tell...
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  • Tell Me About Space
    Perfect for curious little minds, this nonfiction board book teaches young readers all about outer space through question-and-answer text! Tell me why the sun goes down. What happens to its light? The sun stays put! It’s Earth that spins, creating day and night. Why don’t we float into space? How many moons are there? A child asks about outer space,...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781665935593

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Board book

Date Published: 26 September 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Little Simon

Illustration: f-c; matte cvr w-spot UV

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Jennifer Falkner
  • Illustrated by Jennifer Falkner

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 22

About the Author

Lisa Varchol Perron writes picture books, middle grade novels, and poetry for children. Her poems have appeared in children’s magazines, online poetry journals, and anthologies, and she earned the 2021 Boston Authors Club Discovery Award for picture book writers. She lives outside of Boston with her geologist husband and two book-loving kids.

Jennifer Falkner is a children’s book illustrator and designer based in Perth, Australia. Jennifer’s work is inspired by a passion for nature, the antics of her two small boys, and her own childhood playing and exploring the beach and the bush in Western Australia. Recently, Jennifer has illustratedΒ The Happiness Seed,Β The Lucky Shack, the Flashlight Explorers series,Β Tell Me About Oceans, andΒ Tell Me About Space. Before returning to Perth in 2018, Jennifer lived and worked in Canberra, Bangkok, Jakarta, and Singapore.

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  • Tell Me About Space
    Perfect for curious little minds, this nonfiction board book teaches young readers all about outer space through question-and-answer text! Tell me why the sun goes down. What happens to its light? The sun stays put! It’s Earth that spins, creating day and night. Why don’t we float into space? How many moons are there? A child asks about outer space,...
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