ocean – Cannonball Read 17

Marine Life

Meadows of the Sea: The Wonders of Seagrass by Michelle Schaub

November 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Overall, Meadows of the Sea: The Wonders of Seagrass by Michelle Schaub is a good story about the ocean with the metaphor of showing how it is like a meadow. This idea makes something that seems unfamiliar and even alien, take on a form that we know and can understand. The poetic nature of the first part (the story) is reminiscent of the ocean flow itself. The fact that the second part (actual factual information) is added on the page allows the book to grow with […]

GPS means: Great popsicle skunk. Or Global positioning system. It could be either

Survival Scout V02 Tsunami by Maxwell Eaton III

Survival Scout V03 Lost at Sea by Maxwell Eaton III

Survival Scout V01 Lost in the Mountains. by Maxwell Eaton III

April 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I found two books in the Survival Scout series. The first was Survival Scout V02 Tsunami and Survival Scout V03 Lost at Sea by Maxwell Eaton III. These volumes are about Scout and their friend skunk as they learn about different types of science. The second book is an informative book about tsunamis, the effects and introduction of facts on what to do. And the other is about how Scout’s brother takes them sailing, insults a porpoise and gets them stuck in the ocean. Then […]

How the plastic took a swim in the ocean

Marina: A Story About Plastic and the Planet by Jesse Byrd

May 10, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Marina: A Story About Plastic and the Planet written by Jesse Byrd and cutely illustrated by Andressa Meissner is a story about how our plastic use has consequences for the planet and ourselves. The story itself is short: Marina’s mother always packs a sandwich in plastic, with her name on it. Marina tosses the plastic when she is done. But one day a gust of wind takes the plastic on the very uncool adventure of going through the ocean and to the beach where Marina […]

Sailing with a cat, dog, parrot, rat and some humans

Trim Sets Sail by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Helps Out by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Saves the Day. by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Sails the Storm by Deborah Hopkinson

January 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#CBR16SweetBooks Binge (four books same series/read back-to-back) Recently I accidentally found myself bingeing a series when I found (in my old) online reading links to copies of Trim Helps Out and Trim Sets Sail by Deborah Hopkinson (the author of way too many wonderful books to name here) and illustrated by Kristy Caldwell (illustrator of some delightful other books such as two I enjoyed, Away with Words: The Daring Story of Isabella Bird and Flowers for Sarajevo). Both of the new found titles are from October 2023, and I read them out of order (as […]

Slightly unknown and unknow critters

Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth’s Colorful Creatures by Susan Johnston Taylor

Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

Nudi Gill: Poison Powerhouse of the Sea by Bonnie Kelso

October 30, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There was a picture book reading marathon with my saved online reader copies the other day. I chose a dozen or so to review and about as many to not review. It wasn’t completely easy to choose, however, the below titles were the easiest choices I have made since the day I learned of a health condition I had. And that was so easy, I don’t even remember doing it! If you want a fantastic book with levels that allows for multiple interests and ages […]

Yo Ho Ho and Treasure

Danger in the Deep Sea (2) (OceanX Adventures) by Kate B. Jerome

July 31, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Kate B. Jerome has a series dealing with the OceanX expeditions, and book two is Danger in the Deep Sea (2) (OceanX Adventures). As an 8 to (young-medium) 12-year-old I would have devoured this book/series. I did not realize this was book two when I “picked up” the online reader copy. And while it can be a stand-alone read, it probably would have helped to read book one first. The adventures of the story are unbelievable, yet, probably plausible. Our main character is a treasure […]

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