The Ocean Collection includes 3 books by Gill McBarnet ~ The Shark Who Learned a Lesson, Happy as a Dolphin and The Whale Who Wanted to be Small.

The Shark Who Learned a Lesson:

In The Shark Who Learned a Lesson, Shadow the shark takes great delight in bullying the creatures of the reef, but one day the friends decide it is time to teach him a lesson. Shadow the shark is in for a big surprise…

Back cover, pictorial “Did you Know” about sharks!

Happy as a Dolphin:

In Happy as a Dolphin, young readers are invited to join a lively Celebration of Hawaii through whimsical illustrations and rhythmic verse. Whether jumping from a wave, threading flowers one by one, or dancing gracefully as a hula dancer; children will enjoy the colorful watercolor illustrations.

The verse is also an exercise in SIMILES, for example: “I’m as big as a mighty whale powered by his tail, and small as a hermit crab creeping like a snail.”

The Whale Who Wanted to be Small:

In The Whale Who Wanted to be Small, Kanani the baby whale wishes she wasn’t bigger than her sea creature friends, and she yearns to be small like them. Only when exposed to the magnificence of Grandfather whale, does she proudly celebrate being one of the biggest creatures “…in the whole wide world!”

Back cover pictorial information on Humpback Whales.