This Is the Ocean

By Kersten Hamilton

Book Overview

Where does rain come from? Where does rain go? Here is the cycle of rainfall, from the ocean mist that rises to the sky to the clouds that drop their rain to the earth to the water that eventually... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563978903
• ISBN13: 9781563978906
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great Educational Kid's Book

A wonderful book for teaching kids the water cycle. It reads like a story and has great illustrations. Highly recommended.

An Ocean of Information for the Very Young

Have you ever tried to explain the water cycle to little ones who ask where does the rain comes from? Kersten Hamilton has taken this sometimes confusing subject and made it easy for youngsters to understand, taking them through the process step by step. Her rhyming text, full of imagery and expressive detail, begins with the ocean and the bright sun that raises a mist to the sky and continues on to clouds and rain, explaining each step until the water from rivers and streams slips back into the ocean to begin the cycle all over again. Lorianne Siomades bold, colorful illustrations are charming and add just the right touch. Perfect for children 3-7, This is the Ocean is a fascinating and engaging picture book.

The Water Cycle explained for the young.

This is the Ocean is a readable fun journey through the water cycle. It is an excellant resource for anyone teaching the young about how water moves from the ocean to the clouds to the rivers and back to the ocean. It is written in lyric poetry, almost a song of water. The illustrations are simple, bright and engaging. I would recommend this book not only to school teachers but to all the other important teachers in a child's life.