Summary
Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses. Full description
Summary: |
Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses. |
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Item Description: |
"A Talewinds book." |
Physical Description: |
1 v. : ill. |
ISBN: |
0881069876 |
Author Notes: |
She has written over twenty-five picture books, novels, and nonfiction books for young readers. The novel Esperanza Rising, winner of the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Peace Award, an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults, and the Americas Award Honor Book, is based on her own grandmother's immigration from Mexico to California. Riding Freedom has also won many awards including the national Willa Cather Award and the California Young Reader Medal. When Marian Sang, a picture book about singer Marian Anderson, won numerous awards including the ALA Sibert Honor and NCTE's Orbis Pictus Award. In 2015 her title Echo made The New York Times Best Seller List. She also won a Kirkus Prize in the children's literature category with her title 'Echo'. (Bowker Author Biography) |