Children’s Book Week Giveaway Hop
May 13th – 19th
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Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running literacy initiative in the country. Each year, books for young people and the joy of reading are feted for a full week with author and illustrator appearances, storytelling, parties, and other book-related events at schools, libraries, bookstores, museums, and homes from coast to coast! For more information, visit www.bookweekonline.com.
In celebration of Children’s Book Week, every blog participating in this hop is offering a children’s book (picture, juvenile fiction, middle grade, or young adult), or a gift card to purchase one. Now read on for my review and giveaway of a fantastic book…
My boys have always been fascinated by water animals. They recently visited the Miami Seaquarium and couldn’t stop talking about how they got to feed the manatees and the manta rays, and were splashed by the dolphins in the dolphin show! One of my sons did a school project on sharks and can now name all kinds of them. So, they were excited to receive a copy of the new children’s book, Shimmer and Splash: The Sparkling World of Sea Life, by acclaimed naturalist Jim Arnosky. Published by Sterling Children’s Books, this beautifully illustrated hardcover book features more than 200 marine species, along with fascinating information about them. As a bonus, it includes giant fold-out pages of life-size animals! Contents include:
Inshore Hunters
Stingrays
Dolphins
Jellyfish
Deep-Sea Hunters
Sailfish
Coral Reef
A Good Place to Be
Sharks
Fighting Fiddlers
Waters of Wonder
Jim Arnosky functions as both author and illustrator, creating gorgeous, detailed -- and often life-sized -- drawings of the animals of the water. The text is his first-person account of seeking out these animals with his wife, Deanna, along with fascinating facts about each creature. As he notes in the introduction, “I wondered what it would be like to live in the sea, and I learned as much as I could about every creature I encountered. My wildlife journals quickly filled with sketches and notes of animals entirely new to me. I had found a naturalist’s paradise.”
This beautiful book will fascinate both children and adults. I hope you’ll pick up a copy for your family’s home library. And enter to win Shimmer and Splash below!
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One lucky winner will receive Shimmer and Splash: The Sparkling World of Sea Life, by Jim Arnosky (hardcover)! This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only and ends at 11:59 PM EDT on May 19, 2013.
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ReplyDeleteWhat I really liked was the variety of coloring pages of the creatures! There are so many of them. Thanks for the chance.
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They have so many books to choose from
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love the coloring pages
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ReplyDeleteI liked the animal coloring pages- there were so many. I bookmarked the site for my kids.
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ReplyDeleteWow Jim Arnosky and his wife have been very busy his site is full of fun things to do from coloring pages of all different animals, insects, sea life animals etc to pages on how to draw some of these animals. Jim was honored with Lifetime Award for Contribution to Science and he also has a book that I would love for my granddaughters to read as they are afraid of so many bugs..called Creep and Flutter. Wonderful site and I have favorited it to show my granddaughters when they come over next. Thank you.
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I love the coloring pages! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI would like to read his book on the Secret World of Spiders
ReplyDeleteJim Arnosky's love of nature comes shining through in all his books. I love his artwork, so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI really liked his The secret world of insects and spiders book. My son would love it.
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i like the coloring pages
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ReplyDeleteI love the CD available on Jim Arnosky's website. I love the coloring pages available on his site--I am printing some off right now for the grandkids to color. Thanks for introducing me to this great children's author--I definitely be looking for his books.
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I liked the computer downloadable drawing lesson
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I liked the coloring pages.
ReplyDeleteCreep and Flutter looks like a fun insect book
ReplyDeleteI would also like to read Man Gave Names to All the Animals
ReplyDeletelike the books and songs that are available for download to complement studies
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I love Jim's Songs!
ReplyDeleteI liked all the coloring pages; definitely bookmarking those! I also like the Crinkleroot's teaching leaves series; especially the one about turtles.
ReplyDeleteI liked that there is Computer Downloadable Drawing Lessons :)
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Wow, coloring pages for the kids. Plus cute poems!
ReplyDeleteJim actually did nature studies
ReplyDeleteI learned his nature guide is Crinkleroot!
ReplyDeleteI learned (and liked!) that he has songs available for download! The coloring pages are another added bonus :)
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I learned that all Jim's songs are available for download
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I like the CRINKLEROOT series. coloring pages are cool. I thought I had heard about him a few years ago. The photos are awesome.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the Computer Downloadable Drawing Lessons.
ReplyDeleteOHMYGOSH! What a treasure trove! Thank you for introducing me. I will be sharing this site with my grandchildren. They will absolutely LOVE this!
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ReplyDeleteI really like the coloring page because the kids love to color their favorite animals. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I liked seeing how into education he is.
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i like the you wanna iguana activity
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You can download all of Jim's songs
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I love the coloring pages for the kids wilcarvic
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I learned that the author has written and illustrated 86 books on nature subjects and has illustrated 46 other books written by various authors.
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