Think of an Eel

Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Candlewick; Big edition (January 26, 2004)
Product Dimensions: 15 x 0.1 x 16 inches

Both poetic and scientifically accurate, THINK OF AN EEL relates the little-known lifestyle of a most intriguing fish.

In graceful verse that matches the rhythm of an eels movement, THINK OF AN EEL relates the little-known lifestyle of a most intriguing fish. Children follow an eel from the day he is born, deep in the Sargasso Sea, to his years spent in the ocean, then join him on a trip up a freshwater river and return with him back to the sea, where he has his offspring. Fluid watercolor illustrations depict the sea and river setting in a story as captivating as it is true.