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Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau (Jacques Cousteau Book for Kids, Children's Ocean Book, Underwater Picture Book for Kids) - Softcover
Once upon a time in France, a baby was born under the summer sun. His parents named him Jacques. As he grew, Jacques fell in love with the sea. He dreamed of breathing beneath the waves and swimming as gracefully as a fish. In fact, he longed to become a manfish. Jacques Cousteau grew up to become a champion of the seas and one of the best-known oceanographers in the world. In this lovely biography, now in paperback, poetic text and gorgeous paintings come together to create a portrait of Cousteau that is as magical as it is inspiring.
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Jennifer Berne is the author of the acclaimed On a Beam of Light. She writes children's books about our amazing universe and the people who are passionate about it. She lives in Copake, New York.
Éric Puybaret is an award-winning illustrator of several books for children. He lives in Paris, France.
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Éric Puybaret is an award-winning illustrator of several books for children. He lives in Paris, France.
*Starred Review* Writing in simple poetic language, both lyrical and concise (“Bubbles rising through the silence of the sea, silvery beads of breath . . . a manfish swimming, diving into the unknown.”), Berne offers a luminous picture-book biography about Jacques Cousteau. In just a few lines per page, she follows Cousteau through his life as he develops his twin passions for filmmaking and oceanic exploration, and she shows how a life’s path can begin with deep, childhood curiosity: “Little Jacques loved water—the way it felt on his hands, his face, his body. And water made him wonder. He wondered why ships floated. Why he floated.” Puybaret’s smooth-looking acrylic paintings extend the words’ elegant simplicity and beautifully convey the sense of infinite, underwater space; and an inventive format further reinforces the text: a bisected scene shows a diver’s waterline view above and below the surface; a series of panels depicts Cousteau and his friends learning to dive progressively deeper; and a gatefold dramatically suggests deep-sea depth. A closing scene, coated in sooty grays, describes how human activity has damaged sea life; and in a final, inspiring message, Berne calls for young people to become caring stewards of the earth. Only one disappointment: where are the source notes? Grades K-3. --Gillian Engberg
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- PublisherChronicle Books
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1452141231
- ISBN 13 9781452141237
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages38
- IllustratorPuybaret Éric
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