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laleha's review
3.5
The illustrations are adorable and provide some fun assists in this early reader. Characters communicate in speech bubbles that match their clothing, and the characters themselves are diverse and adorable illustrated. I wondered if some of the characters could be a distraction, though. The librarian has frog legs at the bottom of the ocean and I'm assuming Cuttle is a cuttlefish, though I don't really know what a cuttlefish is. Would a kindergartner? Would a kindergartner care?
The fictional story provides information about types of creatures found in a tide pool, but the introduction of the kraken confuses this. If I were a little one reading about hermit crabs and starfish in one chapter and then being introduced to a kraken in a subsequent chapter, I'd have no reason to doubt its existence. (Maybe I'm not supposed to, AHHHHHHHH!)
Also, this is #2 in the series, randomly pulled from the shelf by me because it satisfied my desire to read new books for these assignments. There were a lot of characters (six named, at least two unnamed, plus Beaker's "legs" have personalities???) without many traits and personalities. For the text simplicity (consistently K-1 through various comparisons) it seemed a little overwrought. But cute, cute, cutely illustrated!
The fictional story provides information about types of creatures found in a tide pool, but the introduction of the kraken confuses this. If I were a little one reading about hermit crabs and starfish in one chapter and then being introduced to a kraken in a subsequent chapter, I'd have no reason to doubt its existence. (Maybe I'm not supposed to, AHHHHHHHH!)
Also, this is #2 in the series, randomly pulled from the shelf by me because it satisfied my desire to read new books for these assignments. There were a lot of characters (six named, at least two unnamed, plus Beaker's "legs" have personalities???) without many traits and personalities. For the text simplicity (consistently K-1 through various comparisons) it seemed a little overwrought. But cute, cute, cutely illustrated!
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