Mister+Seahorse

// Mister Seahorse // By: Eric Carle
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Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Puffin Illustrator: Eric Carle ISBN: 0141380896, 9780141380896 Pages: 32 Reading Level: K-2

// Mister Seahorse // is a book about a seahorse that is taking care of his eggs. Along the way, Mister Seahorse comes across many other types of fish doing the exact same thing but in many different ways. Some fish are carrying the eggs in their mouth; some are carrying the eggs on their heads. At the end of the book, Mister Seahorse meets a fish whose eggs had already hatched and soon after Mister Seahorse’s babies hatched from his pouch and swam off.
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**Book Review:** I think this is a great book to read to a first or second grade class because this book not only goes over some marine animals and how they take care of their young, but it also shows responsibility in taking care of something so precious. This book also has some repetition when Mister Seahorse goes up to a new fish and asked them how they are doing.

I think the literary element in //Mister Seahorse// was responsibility because throughout the whole book Mister Seahorse was meeting many other fish that were taking care of their babies while he was doing the same. I also think at the end of the book there was a theme of letting go because Mister Seahorse took care of his babies for so long and when they hatched one came back and wanted to go back in his pouch but Mister Seahorse said, “I do love you. But now you are ready to be on your own.” I think this is not only letting go for the baby seahorse but also for Mister Seahorse.
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Eric Carle is a famous children’s book author. He was born on June 25th, 1989 in Syracuse, NY. His is known for his books like //The Very Hungry Caterpillar,// and //Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?// Which has become a best seller. Eric Carle is also the illustrator of most of his books.
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