When I was growing up one of my favorite subjects in school was geography. It distresses me to no end that my daughter is not being taught much in the way of geography in school, so I try to supplement her reading with books about distant places. Today's picture book is about how one young student's imagination takes him on a very unique journey around the world. I like the fact that the author includes lots of information about real seas and oceans at the back of the book.
Ellen Jackson
Illustrated by Bill Slavin and Esperanca Melo
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 8
Eerdmans, 2011, 978-0-8028-5341-7
A young white rabbit student is sitting in class when his teacher announces that they are going to learn about the Black Sea and the Red Sea . As Mrs. Martin talks and talks and talks, the student’s thoughts start to wander and soon he is no longer in his classroom. Instead, he is exploring the seven seas and all the lands around them “by train, by boat, by plane.”
After travelling to Marrakesh in a bus, to Peru in a taxi, to Istanbul on a mule, and to Timbuktu on a yak, the little rabbit learns that it is said that the Yellow Sea is made of lemonade and that it is “quite all right to sip.” He sees that the Green Sea Brown Sea Black Sea is also sweet and tasty to eat because it is made of licorice. What else will he discover on his journey? What will the Purple and Pink Seas
Learning about the Seven Seas and what they are like takes on a whole new meaning in this wonderfully amusing picture book. With its rhyming text and its funny illustrations, this book shows to great effect how vital it is to have an active imagination.
At the end of the book, the author includes an informative section (with a map) that looks at the real Seven Seas. She also includes general information about what seas are, why they are blue, and more.
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