If you love marine life, math concept books, and picture books with a good father-daughter relationship then this book may be a good fit for you.
Going for a Sea Bath by Andree Poulin is a sea animal bath time book with a counting concept theme. The family relationship portrayed is fun and good as well. The illustrations are superb; I love the entire look, colors, style, etc.
I give this fun picture book 4 out of 5 Stars in my book review. As stated above, the illustrations and story idea is cute. I love the math counting, and I love that the math counting terms were bold. I feel the variety of adjectives for great (such as terrific, magnificent, marvelous, etc.) is superb, and would make this book perfect for a 6 writing traits Word Choice lesson. This book could also be used for a writing prompt or writing Ideas lesson.
There were only a couple things in Going for a Sea Bath that made it lose a star. I felt the layout was a little random when it came to the bold words. I loved that the math counting concepts were bold; however, I was not a fan of the other random words and sentences that were bold. I also felt the writing was just okay. This book had potential to be really great if it was edited a bit more. I think a little more editing the story would've felt tighter and mroe powerful.
All in all, I felt this kidlit picture book is fun and cute. I think preschoolers through 1st grade, 2nd grade tops, would enjoy this read and enjoy it as a read aloud. This book is definitely worth a check-out, and if you love sea animals it may be worth a purchase.
Amazon had the following book review from School Library Journal:
"Leanne does not have the standard tub toys. She bathes with real turtles, eels, clown fish, and sea horses. Her dad delivers them to her footed bathtub after she complains about her boring bath-time. Each time he runs to the beach behind their house, he returns with a successive number of animals. The tub becomes too full when 10 octopuses are dropped in, so the dad and the daughter have a sea bath outside in the ocean. The humor in this story is reminiscent of Robert Munsch's writing. It's over-the-top but heartfelt, and the bright cartoon art is a hoot. Seeing all of the creatures of different sizes, textures, and colors in the tub is anything but boring. VERDICT A fun addition for those looking for new bathtime or numbers books."
Happy Marine Life, Bath time, Counting, and Fun picture book reading!
I received this book from Myrick Marketing in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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