Somewhere In The Ocean. Written & Illustrated by Jennifer Ward, T. J. Marsh, and Kenneth Spengler

Ward, Jennifer, T. J. Marsh, and Kenneth Spengler. Somewhere in the ocean. Flagstaff, Ariz.: Rising Moon, 2000. Print. 32 pages
Age Group:	3 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Books
Annotation:	A counting picture book presenting various marine animals and their children. The illustrations have numbers hidden in each set of pages.
Personal Reaction:	Wonderfully illustrated pictures with hidden numbers that portray the actual amount of sea life on each set of pages. The rhyming words actually form a song that can be sung which will help the young reader to memorize the words. The book also contains a page of sheet music for the musically talented parent to assist them to sing and or play on an instrument.  Five thumbs up for a multi-skilled book.
Keywords/Tags:	Fiction, Rhyme, Marine Animals, Animals Infancy, Counting, Picture Puzzles, Stories in Rhyme
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left ~Books have a front, back and right side up ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations and the rhyme in this Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes ~Repeating repetitious words