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MOONSAIL SONG
Sheryl McFarlane
Reviewed by Catherine McInerney
Volume 22 Number 4
In this dreamy picture-book, the world of sea and shore is explored. April dreams of moonsnails and the dream follows her weaving its way through her day at school and her thoughts at bed ime. The text ebbs and flows like the sea. The words chosen emulate the sea setting; occasionally they are as crisp and stinging in rhythm as salt air. Or the words imitate waves: "In and out. Out and in." The water-colour illustrations are soft yet brilliant. The greens of the under-sea world and the wide range of colours in the amazing creatures found in the sea and on the shore are balanced by the brow ns of sand and rock. The illustrations have a wide range of perspectives: one minute we have stooped down to examine creatures in a tidal pool, the next we are sitting at a school desk looking down at our feet. The reader finishes the book envying the central character, April, for getting to live so close to the sea. This book would be a great introduction to a sea unit or as a preamble to a shore walk. Recommended. Catherine McInerney is a children's librarian with the St. Catherine's Public Library in St. Catharines, Ontario
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