Mister Seahorse

In a world where mostly mothers take care of the young ones, in a very thoughtful way, Eric Carle introduces to young minds real life examples where fathers spearhead this part of the duty. And in doing so, they take all the pains to keep their eggs safe till the babies hatch. The book describes the journey of Mr. Seahorse as he vades through water with eggs in his pouch. From Mr.Tilapia who can't talk as Mrs. Tilapia has laid eggs in his mouth to Mr. Kurtus who can't move as Mrs. Kurtus has laid eggs to of his head, the book beautifully talks about parental efforts. And what a way to end the book where after all the endeavour, the babies are set free to explore life on their own. My toddler enjoys this book. Very colourful book, there are special pages where Mr. Seahorse meets variety of sea animals camouflaged. The pages are very soft, high print quality. A very good addition to toddler's library. Personally, I would highly vouch for this book.

Book is beautiful and nice as all Eric Carle book. Beautifully written, beautiful story, beautiful illustrations and we love shining the light through the coloured pages. This is a must buy book. Book is suitable right from toddler to 8years old. Beautiful book. Amazon please pass feedback for seller they sent in polybag and book binding was damaged. So asked for return and replacement. Sad part is the seller issued refund and canceled replacement so disappointed. Will order again from another seller.

I was amazed at the quality of the book - both in terms of content and print. It is really a very well illustrated book and it clearly amazes the child and parent alike. It has plastic sheets that are colored and they flip between the left side and the right side of the page creating amazing illustrations. I would recommend the entire series from Eric Carle and I have gone ahead and bought all the other books from this author in the large size paperback edition.

Best of Eric Carle.. My little toddler loves every page and its fun to read for parents as well! It's like watching Natgeo or discovery program! Educative, creative and beautiful!

Eric Carle's book "Mister Seahorse" packages so many wonderful themes in a slim volume. The most outstanding premise of the book is about how Fathers care for their children. But within that context, one can explore concepts of life in the animal kingdom. Many animals abandon their young - this book discusses how so many animal fathers share the responsibility of taking care of their young ones. The book has several pages that highlight animal camouflage. Essentially - there is a first transparent page with patterns of sea weeds printed on them. The following page has the picture of the fish. Taken together one can see the effect of camouflage My children love the layout of the book. Everytime we read this book, they get great pleasure out of turning the pages to discover the hidden fish!

Excellent book for preschoolers.

Very good book. The images are very attractive to kids. Even the content is very good. We also get to know different things about aquatic life.

The book is colorful and offers children a great reading experience.

Even though I have a place in my heart for the Hungary Caterpillar having loved it as a child, this is even better. I bought it for my son when he was about 1 1/2 and he continues to love it aged 4. The pictures are brilliant and the see thhrough pages are a great idea. The story is also lovely in that it tells you all about the male fish that look after babies- very PC!!

You gotta hand it to Eric Carle for still putting together great visuals and cute stories like this. I never heard of Mister Seahorse until a few months ago, and figured it was one of his books I missed out on when I was a kid. Nope, 'turns out it was released in 2004, but it sure fits in with his other greats like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Quiet Cricket. And just like those books, it sports a unique feature with how the pages are done here and there. Mister Seahorse takes care of Mrs. Seahorse's eggs one day, and carries them in a pouch on his stomach. He goes around the ocean, and encounters a few other fish that also happen to be dads that are taking care of their eggs too. Between encounters, Mister Seahorse will see different creatures hiding behind rocks, seaweed and other objects, introducing the reader to new kinds of marine life. The final pages have the babies hatching from their eggs in Mister Seahorse's tummy, and they all leave him, ready to go out into the world on their own. One seahorse tries to go back, but, lovingly, Mister Seahorse tells it that while he does love the baby, it needs to go on without him. This book has the usual colorful Eric Carle artwork with tissue paper, and it looks beautiful. Every book I see by him, it's like his work just gets better and better. And you gotta love the use of transparent sheets to hide some of the fish every couple of pages. One page will say that Mister Seahorse sees something, then the next page is covered by a transparent plastic sheet with something to hide the fish on the page beneath it. Like a big brown rock concealing a big brown fish. When you turn the page, Mister Seahorse is covered by the object, and it still looks good. Kids will love this feature, and my daughter is always eager to turn the clear pages herself. The only negative thing I can point out is that the book is repetitive with the plot- Mister Seahorse encounters another father fish, tells it that it's doing a good job, bumps into hidden creatures, repeat a few times, but it's been said that children love repetition, so I can't dock points for that. The story is still cute, and the artwork is eye candy galore. Plus this is one of the few kid's books I've seen around that focuses on the dad taking care of his children, and it's good that good ol' Eric did a story with this theme. 5 stars for great art, great use of clear pages, and for being my daughter's second book that she's memorized (the other being Where the Wild Things Are of course).

These books are fantastic. My kids love them.

エリックカールらしい絵が素敵で赤ちゃんもじっと見ていました。内容も子育てをするオスのお魚の話なのでお父さんにおすすめです。英語も簡単で内容もわかりやすいです。

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