The Magic Fishbowl - Nelson, Robin T

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Résumé :
This whimsical tale with bright, captivating watercolors gently touches on the value of recognizing and overcoming fear, highlights marine conservation, and portrays multicultural friendship. The main characters, two young girls, Loli and Sasha are nervous about taking swimming lessons. A mysterious hummingbird, Colibri, takes them on a magical under-the-sea adventure that is designed to not only boost their confidence about learning to swim but is devised to teach them about the impressive array of sea life and how they can respect and care for the ocean environment. Cleverly woven into the storyline is a beautiful rhyming song about the fascinating sea animals the girls encounter. The music and lyrics of the under-the-sea song plus fun ocean and animal facts are included.

Biographie:
Robin T. Nelson is a children's book writer and illustrator who enjoys watercolor painting. After working for many years as a research molecular biologist in the biomedical field, she retired from the lab and started the publishing company, Leaning Rock Press. She has published one other book, Magic Fishbowl, and illustrated many others. It brings her great joy to help other authors publish their books. Robin is a scientist at heart, a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, and enjoys using her artistic skills for humanitarian purposes....

Sommaire:
This whimsical tale with bright, captivating watercolors gently touches on the value of recognizing and overcoming fear, highlights marine conservation, and portrays multicultural friendship. The main characters, two young girls, Loli and Sasha are nervous about taking swimming lessons. A mysterious hummingbird, Colibri, takes them on a magical under-the-sea adventure that is designed to not only boost their confidence about learning to swim but is devised to teach them about the impressive array of sea life and how they can respect and care for the ocean environment. Cleverly woven into the storyline is a beautiful rhyming song about the fascinating sea animals the girls encounter. The music and lyrics of the under-the-sea song plus fun ocean and animal facts are included....