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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2015 | Picture Books
K-Gr 2—In lively and compelling rhyming verse simple enough for young listeners to savor, Larry the Dog begins his day with boy buddy Pete scampering on the beach, only to end up following a "seashell with legs" under the sea. Ultimately, he discovers undersea trees and a scuba diver wearing a mask and is swept up by a strange boat beneath the ocean (presumably a submarine), where fish glimmer and shimmer and creatures creep like spiders. Accompanying the text from top page to deeper bottom is more complex information about fish anatomy (and why they ca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
At the beach with owner Pete, dog Larry gets swept out to sea by a wave, meets an oceanographer, and stows away on a bathyscaphe ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More