Do You Know Me? : Poems About the Sea (Hardcover)

Your children will laugh and learn as they acquire knowledge about sea animals. The gorgeous illustrations inspire the beauty and awe of sea life. Your little learner will be thrilled to discover new facts and words. When it comes to choosing the right book for your young child it's a jungle out there. That's why Do You Know Me? Poems About the Sea delivers marine science content that's brain boosting and fun.

This is a perfect book for children who love to play guessing games. The rhyming poems about sea animals are smart and interactive. Now they're not just reading, they are playing to solve the riddle which takes learning to new level. Parents and teachers will love reading them aloud.

Children meet the sea animals as they go on adventures and experience the joy of poetry. The collection of poems features dolphins, ghost crabs, hammerhead sharks, shrimp, and barnacles. Our book was created with young children in mind to inspire their imagination. The poems take on big issues like endangered species and conservation. It's easy for little learners to become budding marine scientists and sea life lovers.

Here's a few lines from one of the poems.

Do You Know Me?

I'm a gigantic gray ominous guy I'm never your foe

My ancestors all lived twenty million years ago

I can weigh twelve hundred pounds like six men together

I swim in schools all day in any kind of weather

Guess Who I Am?

Playful poetry, imaginative illustrations and science come together in a guessing game to make learning about sea life a delightful experience for children. Do You Know Me? Poems About the Sea highlights sixteen different animals that will entice a child's curiosity about the greater world around them. The rhyming poems are riddles for a child to guess the animal the poem is describing. Each poem has an illustration, facts, and new words. A glossary accompanies the poems.

The book invites children's creativity. Your child will treasure the confidence of knowledge. We can imagine lots of young and inquisitive little ones asking many questions as a result of these poems. Susan Law, retired educator says, "Do You Know Me? Poems About the Sea is a poetry book for children that is engaging and informative, as well as entertaining." Science and art come together to make sea life come alive for children.

The poems were written by The Twinkys. We are a group of five women writers whose goal is to share our love of the ocean and its creatures with children in a joyful way. Our writing group wanted to write a sea life poetry book for children who love to play guessing games. Glenn Shuck, Atlantic Beach photographer says, "Several very talented ladies came together to create this wonderful book that will work on the coffee table, as well as gifts for your family."

Each author brings her own special voice and expertise to each delightful poem. Lucy Cortese, Jeannie Fredrick, Tish Hubbard, Kathy Triebwasser, and Mary Zirakparvar are our authors. Tish Hubbard our illustrator has created amazing illustrations that sets off this book as a work of art.