At the Aquarium Rescue Centre

by Caroline Fernandez, Shannon O'Toole (Illustrator)

Overview

Make A Splash With Grandmasaurus!Magical sneezes transform Grandma into different Mesozoic Era marine reptiles, and it’s up to her grandchildren to track her down, stop her funny business, and finish their reports before the field trip ends. The aquarium rescue centre has never been this exciting!This picture book• Introduces readers to facts about prehistoric marine life• Encourages environmental consciousness through inclusion of ocean facts• Features a Grandchild-Grandparent relationship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781988761589
Publisher:	Common Deer Press
Publication date:	10/07/2021
Series:	The Adventures of Grandmasaurus , #2
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 8.11(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Caroline Fernandez is a kidlit author and social media enthusiast. She is the author of Stop Reading This Book! (Common Deer Press, 2019) and The Adventures of Gransdmasaurus (Common Deer Press, 2020). Shannon O'Toole is a Toronto based illustrator, painter and elementary school teacher. Her playful illustration work is inspired by the unique and humorous characters in her life. She previously collaborated with Caroline on Stop Reading This Book! and The Adventures of Grandmasaurus​

Editorial Reviews

"This is an appealing picture book that introduces young audiences to ancient animals in a fun manner."

Forward Reviews, August 24, 2021 - Peter Dabbene

2021-09-15
Grandma gets up to her “funny business” once again on a class outing.

Just as in the previous The Adventures of Grandmasaurus (2020), a sparkle of special dust sets Grandma, the class chaperone on the field trip to the aquarium, to sneezing, and each blast transforms her into a different prehistoric creature. This time, in line with the locale, the creatures are big marine reptiles or fish—all syllabically identified, from “Sho-ni-saur-us” to “Meg-a-lo-don,” and drawn in the cartoon illustrations with reasonable accuracy…aside from their large glasses, twinkly eyes, and distinctive curls of blue hair anyway. Human Grandma and her frantic granddaughter, who serves as narrator, present as White, but the rest of the class and their task-oriented teacher, Ms. Priya (“Observe and learn, my dear leaders of tomorrow”), are representatively diverse of hair, skin, body type, and mobility. As the class troops past big aquaria and sandy outdoor pens, cautionary notes about leaving live coral and turtle eggs alone and even disposing of litter properly swim alongside quick overviews of what aquatic rescue centers are for. A closing gallery of the 11 creatures Grandma becomes before her final restorative sneeze provides both a recap and a few more basic facts about each.

Light on specifics—but as a visit to a marine-animal–rescue facility, nothing to sneeze at. (Picture book. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews

"This is an appealing picture book that introduces young audiences to ancient animals in a fun manner."

Foreward Reviews, August 21, 2021 - Peter Dabbene