There are many variations of The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, but this particular one caught my eye because the bold and beautiful gouache and pencil illustrations have a strikingly surreal quality that really brings out the inherent incredulousness of the tale.
One of my kids’ all-time-favourite alphabet books is this gem. Technically, this book is more about the animals in the ocean than the alphabet, even though it does feature the creatures alphabetically — but that is precisely why the kids love it, since they can’t get enough of animals in general!
Reading Sounds of the Wild: Ocean
Since the latter is not feasible and it’s unlikely that most kids will be lucky enough to get a chance to get up close to marine animals, this book does an amazing job of bringing the sights and sounds of the ocean right to them.
If You Want to See a Whale
Deep Sea Dive
For some reason, my daughter has developed a fascination for sharks, so it’s no wonder that she was won over by the cute illustration on the cover almost immediately (“Shark!” she exclaimed). Besides the winning illustrations, Smiley Shark
Turns out that sea creatures can be pretty funny, since I’m the Best Artist in the Ocean
This time, he declares to anyone who’ll listen that he’s the “best artist in the ocean”. Well, art is subjective, so you can be the judge of that when you see his giant “mess-terpiece” at the end!
I’m The Biggest Thing in the Ocean
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From the author of the wildly successful Maisy series comes Hooray for Fish!
My then-19-month-old daughter fell in love with Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea
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