Commotion in the Ocean :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Nice Book

2006-09-13
My fish loving 3 year old son really likes this book. He loves to look at the pictures and guess the fish at the end of the book. The only thing I don't like is the word "dumb" is used. That could have been left out since toddlers to repeat most everything they hear. I chose to buy it since it was recommended with Dinosaurumpus by Tony Mitton...now that book is absolutely awesome!

Great book

2006-08-17
My children love it, except it uses the word dumb at one point and mine know they aren't supposed to use that word.

"I want to read the ocean!"

2003-11-06
I've been hearing this every night for weeks. I read this to my daughter and she loves it. We even look for the three starfish in each set of pages. She knows many fish, but some were new to her. This is one book I don't mind reading over and over.

Underwater romp for the small fry...

2002-03-09
Fast, fun & colorful poems about the ocean animals for the pre-school set. Very simple, so if your child knows a lot about marine animals you may want something more detailed.

Commotion in the Ocean

2001-07-03
This is an excellent and delightful book! What a pleasure to read about ocean creatures instead of the usual farm animals. By age 3, my nephew could identify and chat about all the ocean going creatures in this book. It is one of his favorites. The pictures are beautiful and very colorful. I can't say enough great things about this book!

It's Ok

2008-04-13
After reading all the great reviews I decided to buy this book for my 2-year-old son. I was pretty disappointed with it. The poems lack any real information about the animals and, in a lot of cases, are simply wrong. Maybe I'm spoiled by the Douglas Florian books, which my son and I absolutely love, but I think if you're looking for something worthwhile to read to your children (something fun that's not just inaccurate fluff) this is not it.

Great find

2007-12-30
this book came in great condition and very quickly. My son loves the story and the pop ups are an additional bonus

The Pop-Up Commotion in the Ocean

2007-02-12
Fantastic pop up book! Easy to keep the Preschool children's attention when telling this story.

Dive Right In (but watch out for sharks!)

2007-02-05
I'm not sure what the commotion is, but these short poems are the perfect length for preschoolers who love word play, are expanding their vocabulary, are fascinated with various animals, but lack the attention span for "more sophisticated" poetry. The poems feature different meters so it does mix things up a bit more than, say, "Green Eggs and Ham", and the illustrations are colorful and fun and only add to the enjoyment.

This is a fun, fun book. As a twist, the first time you read it, read the poem and have your child guess the animal (you'll have to replace the name of the animal in some of the poems with "I" or "we" to do this.)

4-Year-Old's Favorite for in the Car

2006-10-14
Bright illustrations, cute rhymes. It's one of our favorites!