Atlantic

by G. Brian Karas

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Explore what the Atlantic Ocean is, how far it stretches, how the moon affects it, and other characteristics as described by the ocean itself.

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A book that gives a perspective and information about how the sun and moon and people affect the Atlantic Ocean.

Located in the Geography bin

B-Chad | Jun 29, 2023 |

This book is about the ocean but it tells it as if the ocean were talking. This is a great book that is not packed with words on each page and it is from a different perspective.
USE: I would use this is a lesson about the ocean or in a lesson about different types of bodies of water (

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jasminenesbitt1 | Oct 19, 2018 |

This book is written as if the ocean was speaking. It takes us on a journey of what happens in the ocean and where it goes. It talks about what continents it touches and how far it stretches. (

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jasminenesbitt1 | Feb 13, 2018 |

Genre: realistic fiction (?)
Summary: The story is written as if the ocean itself is narrating, but it is otherwise strictly informational. It talks about what the ocean is, what is in the ocean, and things a child might experience about the ocean.

kwilson14 | Oct 12, 2017 |

This book is an interesting contemporary realistic fiction book because it informs students about characteristics of the Atlantic Ocean in a way that they can relate and understand. The illustrations allow the reader to engage and connect with the text.

mcortner15 | Apr 6, 2017 |

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BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (2002)

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee – Picture Books – 2004)

Florida Literacy Association Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2004)

Red Clover Book Award (Nominee – 2004)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – Primary – 2005)

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Brian Karas gives the Atlantic Ocean a voice in this dreamy book. Some facts are included -- this book would be a reasonable jumping-off point for an elementary study of the world's oceans -- and there is a strong overtone of a child's experience of the ocean. ("That salty smell is me too.") An afterword brings in a conservationist message, and expressive paintings convey the expansiveness of the sea.

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