The Glow Show: A picture book about knowing when to share the spotlight

by Susi Schaefer

Overview

In this delightful undersea story, kids will boost their social emotional learning and explore the importance of cooperation and friendship—and discover incredible true facts about sea creatures. Perfect for fans of The Rainbow Fish!

Glow is a bioluminescent squid who loves to dance and twirl. And the faster he twirls, the brighter he GLOWS! He loves to show off his skills...and becomes quite a show-off with a bad attitude. He doesn't like sharing the spotlight. And when he ditches his friends in search of fans, he loses his glow! Can Glow find his way home—and if he does, will his friends take him back? 

As readers follow Glow's journey, they'll learn all about bioluminescence and fascinating ocean creatures along the way.

The Glow Show is perfect for readers, parents, and teachers looking for:

• Social emotional books for kids
• Picture books about ocean animals
• Friendship books for kids

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728261348
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	05/02/2023
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD480L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

Editorial Reviews

"A dance-y, science-y addition" — Kirkus Reviews

"Highly enjoyable, love the emphasis on friendship." — Youth Services Book Review

"Childlike illustrations ... lend a playfulness to the friendship theme [and] also help convey basic ocean science, squid facts, and bioluminescence concepts." — Booklist

From the Publisher

2023-02-25
A proud bioluminescent squid learns that friends are better than fans.

The faster Glow twirls, the brighter he shines—but rather than teach his deep-sea spectators how to do the same (and learn from them how to navigate), he spins up to the shallows in search of ever more adoring fans to feed his ego. Unfortunately, in brighter waters, no matter how hard he gyrates, his light is too pale to draw much notice…and, worse yet, when he blindly flees back to darker waters, he ends up in a strange place, lost and alone. So it is that when his old crowd of finny or tentacled neighbors shows up to guide him to homier waters, he gladly starts a “Twirl Academy.” And when everyone is up to speed, they produce so much light together that a new and wondrous world of underwater flora and fauna is revealed. Schaefer illustrates this pointed, preachy episode with smiling, googly-eyed sea life (Glow also gets a natty bow tie) in varied hues and closes with a set of “INKredible Squid Facts” plus notes on bioluminescence and other relevant topics. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A dance-y, science-y addition to the moralistic Rainbow Fish school. (Picture book. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews