Here is the Coral Reef. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Here is the Coral Reef

Poetically cumulative text and illustrations capture the relationships between plants and animals in the ecology of the Great Barrier Reef.

Ages 5^-7. This picture book, which features large, brightly colored illustrations on wide, horizontal spreads, introduces the creatures of the coral reef. The cumulative text resembles "The House That Jack Built" in form, though it doesn't flow from the tongue as easily or make as memorable a narrative. The last page reads "Here is the coral / that shelters the eel / who is attacked by the shark / that carries the remora / that ride the ray / who swims with the turtle . . ." On the other hand, the vivid acrylic paintings, showing scenes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, will appeal to children. Consider for library purchase where primary-grade teachers seek materials on coral reefs. Carolyn Phelan

PreSchool-Grade 2ABeginning simply with "Here is the coral reef," a cumulative text builds to describe various attributes of this colorful environment. With each turn of the page, the species of the reef are introduced along with the ways in which they are interrelated. First the corals, hard and soft, are pictured in beautiful purples, greens, reds, and soft blues. Next, three parrot fish are shown crunching corals, then several wrasses appear to clean the faces of the parrot fish, and so on, up to the appearance of an eel. Bright acrylic illustrations depict each creature, first in the distance and then front and center as it is introduced. Although the repetitive text doesn't sing, this vibrant, idealized picture of a southern hemisphere reef will grab and hold the attention of young viewers.AFrances E. Millhouser, Chantilly Regional Library, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Set beneath the coral sea of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, this forceful cumulative rhyming tale introduces some of the striking residents of the coral reef ecosystem: ``Here is the coral/of all colors and shapes/that lives in clear waters/in this vivid seascape.'' Each spread adds two lines of rhyme about another resident: parrotfish, wrasses, cod, clownfish, black-tipped reef shark, manta ray, Hawksbill turtle, remoras, Moray eels, anemone, and sponge. Some drama is inserted when the Moray eel must escape from a shark, but all ends well. The text appears on the left quarter of the spread, framed in a pale blue border. Leonard uses the rest of the space to present undersea paintings in a vivid, nearly neon palette. The artist varies perspectives, giving viewers the impression that they are not only underwater at eye level with the reef's inhabitants, but sometimes at tooth level. (Picture book. 5-9) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.