The art is Okay, but the real strength of Ocean Soup is the various rhyming poems and factual information about various sea creatures.

Pros: In addition to humorous poetry, the book offers readers factual information that makes learning fun. The glossary makes this more than just an entertaining picture book.

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Another fun/educational book to add to my ocean unit. ( )

Buoyant cartoon illustrations accompany poems of varying quality about sea creatures found in tide-pools. Each poem includes factual information about the corresponding sea creature and a factual blurb accompanies each poem as well. Good for kids who love all things ocean.

Read more on my blog: http://abbylibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/poetry-friday-ocean-soup.html ( )