Out of the Ocean
by Debra Frasier
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Author: Debra FrasierEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-04-01
ISBN: 0152163549
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: Sandpiper
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- ISBN13: 9780152163549
- Condition: New
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Book Review: Get "Out of the Ocean" Into Your House!
Summary: 5 Stars
The previous reviewers described this book so well that I don't have to! I just wanted to add that this book has "An Ocean Journal" section at the back. It basically describes all the beach items (natural and manmade jetsam) that have been photographed or created with paper art in the book. Shells, burnished glass, ropes, rafts, skate egg pouches (my favorite; for some strange reason I kept some on a shelf in my residence for awhile), wooden shoes have listings. Frasier then goes on to explain water, the sun, the moon, waves, and sand under the heading "Things Too Big to Carry Home". She even lists some flora to check out at beaches- beach sunflower, morning glories, sea oats, etc. The journal ends with interesting illustration notes. My strongest at-any-age-period memories are of East Coast beaches, so this book is a welcome addition to my daughter's library. She loves the poetry-tinged prose and investigating the photos. After a fall storm in Wildwood Crest, NJ (circa 2005), we found eleven shovels, about ten sand molds of various sizes, and a small doll. We still actually use some of these items in our sandbox, but the doll has been put away, as she is a symbol of my sacred beach memories from that time. (I keep found seashells on a low windowsill for my younger daughter to explore, as she has not been heavily "beachified" as of yet.) This book just reinforces our call to the sea and its plethora of gifts.
Summary of Out of the Ocean
Open this book and you'll be walking along the ocean shore, looking for all kinds of special things. Some will be small enough to fit in your hand--like shells and sea glass. Others--like the sun and the sky and the waves--will be too big to carry home. But no matter what your journey holds, you'll soon learn that looking for the ocean's treasures can be as important as finding them.
Debra Frasier, author-illustrator of the bestselling On the Day You Were Born, invites you along on this beach journey of discovery.
Debra Frasier, author-illustrator of the bestselling On the Day You Were Born, invites you along on this beach journey of discovery.
"My mother says you can ask the ocean to bring you something. If you look, she says, you might find it." So begins the child narrator in Debra Frasier's Out of the Ocean, a loving tribute to the sea. For over 35 years, Frasier's family lived just north of Vero Beach, Florida, in a house overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. During that time, she combed the shore, took many pictures, and finally wrote this beachy paean. Close-up photographs of sand allow readers to see every raspy grain, and cut-paper collages splash across the sandy, shell-strewn background to form incoming surf or dune plants such as periwinkle and hibiscus. As readers walk along the shore with the author, we find beach glass, flotsam, a little jetsam, pelican feathers, black skate egg pouches, and other shore-side marvels. The little girl asks the ocean to show her treasures like these, but her mother asks for things that are too big to carry home--water, the sun, the moon, the sound of waves. A glossary in the back provides more information on shells, finding messages in bottles, and egg pouches, and plants and trees, in addition to things too big to carry home. If you've ever wanted to introduce the ocean to a child who's never seen it, this book captures the dreamy sights, smells, sounds, and textures. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson
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