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Publication
Charlesbridge (2006), 32 pages
Description
While taking a bath with his new red toy dory, a boy imagines himself alone on the ocean getting a first-hand look at the ocean's food chain.
Local notes
1911-104
User reviews
LibraryThing member cemccamy
A young boy disobeys his parents and goes out into the ocean in a boat alone. He witnesses different sea creatures eating other sea creatures, demonstrating the food chain. When the killer whales come along to eat the tuna, he is worried that he will also become part of the food chain. His boat
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capsizes, and he swims to shore. He is then interrupted by his mother telling him that he thinks up the greatest stories in the bathtub. Show Less
LibraryThing member Joneta_Hockett
Imaginative story of a child's adventure on the ocean in a dory. Also details the ocean food chains as he encounters different species of animals that live in the ocean.
LibraryThing member melodyreads
good read aloud story ... it seems as if the boy was out in the dangerous waters alone, ... not so! in the bath tub.
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Impulse grab at the library. 3.5 stars. I liked it - when I was a child I wanted to go out by myself and watch the animals and figure out their behavior for myself w/out a grown-up teaching at me. But some of the critters on the food web are big and some are scary....
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Awards
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Elementary — 2002)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2004)
Florida Literacy Association Children's Book Award (Honor — 2002)
Massachusetts Book Award (Honor Book — 2001)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 2001)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 9.06 inches
ISBN
0881060763 / 9780881060768