Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication
date: March 13, 2012
Summary: This children’s book is about a baby
otter who ends up getting separated from his mother during a horrible
storm. Luckily, he ends up getting saved
by a man who takes him to an aquarium that teaches him how to survive in the
wild. He learns: swimming, eating, and
diving.
Genre: The genre of this children’s picture book is fiction along with being juvenile fiction.
Personal Response: I was at first sad when the baby otter got separated from his mother. But, overall I enjoyed this book because I like how with help he learned to survive.
ELLEN LEVINE Bio: Ellen grew up in New York City and currently
resides there as well. She is the eldest
of her sisters. Ellen ended up
graduating from the University of Chicago with a M.A. in political
science. After graduating she decided to
go be a teaching assistant grad student at Berkeley where she stayed for two
years. She ended up leaving Berkeley
because she decided she wanted make documentary films. So, she moved back to New York and worked at
Public Televisions then CBS. She then “realized
so many of the stories she worked on for TV raised legal questions,” so she
decided to attend NYU School of Law for three years. After law school she decided to move to
Philadelphia where she was a clerk for a federal judge for a year. She loved the country life and hiking. But, writing stories is her ultimate passion
ever since she was a kid. Along with
being a writer and hiker she is also a woodcarver. Ellen
is the author of more than twenty-five books.
Both books “Henry’s Freedom Box” and “Darkness Over Denmark” received
the Caldecott Honor.
Other books by Ellen Levine:
“Henry’s Freedom box”
“If your name was
changed at Ellis Island”
“Freedom’s children:
young civil rights activists tell their own story”
“Darkness over Denmark”
“If you traveled west
in a covered wagon”
“If you traveled on the
underground railroad”
“The tree that would
not die”
“Catch a tiger by the
toe”
“If you lived with the
Iroquois”
“If you lived at the
time of Martin Luther King”
Motivational Activities
/ Reader Response Questions:
If
you were the sea otter and got separated where would you travel?Draw a picture of the sea otter at the aquarium.
If you were hired to design the cover what would it look like? Draw the picture on a piece of paper and color. Present to the class.
Did the sea otter ever see his mother again?
What did the man teach him to do?
Bibliography:
Levine, E.
(2012). Biography. In Ellen Levine. Retrieved December 1, 2012, from http://www.ellenlevineauthor.com/bio.htm
Levine, E. (2012). Seababy: A Little Otter Returns Home. N.p.: Walker & Company.
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