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Thursday, Jul 21st 2011
Your little boys will be asking to read this one!
Congratulations to Tamara Sandlin of Denton,Texas for winning this week's book giveaway! While this contest is now closed, please come back to SixSeeds for more giveaways for good, family, fun!
At SixSeeds, we believe in the power of a good story... even the books our small children are hearing and reading. Stories have an amazing power to move, inspire, and sometimes even transform lives... even young lives. This week, we take a popular kids' book and examine it. Hopefully, the next time you're browsing though a crowded bookstore... you can choose wisely!
Title: The Voyage of Turtle Rex
Author & Illustrator: Kurt Cyrus
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Cost: $11.55
Buy it: Here
Are you enamored with dinosaurs – or are you raising a budding paleontologist, perhaps? Does the relationship between the sea turtle and its prehistoric ancestors tickle your fancy? If so, you might enjoy Kurt Cyrus’s newest book, The Voyage of Turtle Rex.
In the pages of this book, a female turtle, Rex, hatches on a primeval beach, journeys in the dark sea, dodges plesiosaurs and finds solace in the entangling seaweed.
Time, like a turtle, passed silently by,
Stirring the sea, swirling the sky.
The hatchling who hid in the seaweed was gone …
Grown to a two-ton Archelon.
She glided past plesiosaurs, calm as you please.
She swam with the sharks under rolling seas.
As her plight continues, the little prehistoric hatchling-turned-adult lays eggs, reminding the reader that the rhythms of life are consistent through the ages, even though:
“Gone is that sea and the creatures it knew. Arcehlon. Mosasaur. Pterosaur, too. Gone is the plesiosaur’s clam-cracking smile… but full-body helmets are still in style.”
The Bottom Line:
Kurt Cyrus has written and illustrated nearly twenty books for kids, intertwining poetry and science into fascinating tales sure to score with teachers and the kiddos.
To Talk To Your Kids About:
Quite possibly … your children know more about dinosaurs than you. So this one may just prompt the kiddos to teach you a thing or two. So, sit back and delight in their childlike amazement.
Learn more about Kurt Cyrus's work here.
We are giving this book away this week! Please leave a comment for a chance to win. We always love to hear from you.
On one week from publication at noon (EST), we'll pick a name in a random drawing from all eligible entries received and send you an email notification. When you receive your package in the mail, you'll find out which book you received!
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Jill Joiner
Jill Joiner is a married mom of two elementary age kids. She spends the majority of her time doing the things that moms do. She has her bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education from Middle Tennessee State University.
Comments
by Julie LeVeen #
My little boy talks about "dinosaurus rex" & I'm sure he would love this book. Thanks!
by Tamara #
Looks like a great book for our little guy we will be adopting soon. The rhythm of the words will be engaging for him. Thanks for the review!
by Virginia Brown #
I have grandsons who would love this book!
by Amber Castleberry #
Oh my word! My DAUGHTER is turning 5 in 2 weeks and we are having a dinosaur party. She loves dinos and says she wants to be a paleontologist when she grows up. Who says dinos are just for boys?!?!
by leah w #
looks like a great book! thanks for the giveaway.
by Amee Bailey #
My three year old niece would love this book. We took her to Dinasaur World for her birthday. I don't think I have ever seen her ever have so much fun.
by Stacey #
My son is loving dinosaurs right now so his little sister is too. Would love this book.
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