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Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean
Contributor(s): Karwoski, Gail Langer (Author), McLennan, Connie (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0976494310 ISBN-13: 9780976494317
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2005
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Annotation: "Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean" is a soothing bedtime story that answers the question of how marine mammals manage to sleep in the ocean. Youngsters meet ten marine mammals, including sea otters, bottlenose dolphins, manatees, harbor seals, humpback whales and walruses, and learn about each animal's unique sleeping habits. Connie McLennan's rich oil paintings capture the ocean's habitats and its appealing creatures, helping this story invite children to drift into peaceful sleep on the gentle waves of imagination. An educational supplement in the back of the book includes teaching trivia about marine mammals, their sleep habits, and how they have adapted to their watery environment, and make-your-own marine mammal craft using various animal adaptations. "Water Beds" is the winner of the Mom's Choice 2005 Best Author Award and a 2007 Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Marine Life

Dewey: 599.5

LCCN: 2006276723

Age Level: 4-8

Grade Level: PreK-3

Lexile Measure: 880 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.39" H x 10.16" W x 8.98" L (0.86 lbs) 32 pages

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, Finalist, Children's, 2006

Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 120
Science Books & Films 07/01/2006 pg. 154
Science Books & Films Best Bks 01/01/2007 pg. 12
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 394 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Science Books & Films 11/01/2007 pg. 244

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 89486
Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
This soothing bedtime story explains how ten different marine mammals--animals that live in water but breathe air--sleep in the ocean. Based on up-to-date scientific research, the brief portraits are explained in simple, poetic language. Water Beds invites children to drift into sleep on gentle waves of imagination. The -For Creative Minds- educational section includes fun facts about marine mammal adaptations, and a -Design Your Own Marine Mammal- craft.

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