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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
Jacques Cousteau was the world’s ambassador of the oceans. His popular TV series brought whales, otters, and dolphins right into people’s living rooms. Now, in this exciting picturebook biography, Dan Yaccarino introduces young readers to the man behind the snorkel.
From the first moment he got a glimpse of what lived under the ocean’s waves, Cousteau was hooked. And so he set sail aboard the Calypso to see the sea. He and his team of scientists invented diving equipment and waterproof cameras. They made films and televisions shows and wrote books so they could share what they learned. The oceans were a vast unexplored world, and Cousteau became our guide. And when he saw that pollution was taking its toll on the seas, Cousteau became our guide in how to protect the oceans as well.
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I thought this book was interesting because I like biographies. I also am interested in scuba diving, so it was neat to learn about Jacques Cousteau's passion for the ocean. I really like how quotes from Cousteau were included in the book. ***
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ReplyDeleteI love biographies,so it was super easy to like this book. This is the book you need to read if you have to do a book report. It is super easy to read, but still tells a lot about J. Cousteau.
I am probably going to vote for this awesome book!!!
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ReplyDeletethis book remind me of a movie called pink panther but I read it to my my little brother brett and he loved so did I
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ReplyDeletethis book touched my heart and i love this book so much i dont mind reading it again
I think the illustration in this book were fantastic. This book taught me so much about Jacques Cousteau.
ReplyDeleteI remember watching Jacques Cousteau specials on television as a child. I enjoyed this book because I could see and hear him saying some of the quotes.
ReplyDeleteI thought this book was interesting. I dont like biographies but I love this book!
ReplyDeleteThis book was easy for me but I enjoyed learning about Calvin.
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ReplyDeletei kinda liked this book because Jacques got hurt and he still followed his dream to be underwater
I thought it was cool that he wanted to build a underwater world.
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ReplyDeletethe entire book was great the but the end was sad
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ReplyDeleteI loved the illustrations and quotes from this book it has inspired me to watch his movie The Silent World. I usually don't like non-fiction books but I really enjoyed these stories.
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ReplyDeletei loved how Jacques Cousteau was dedicated to be under water even after his car wreck. this book show people to follow your heart even if thier are road blocks on the way
i loved the pictures in this book they were very colorful and bright i loved how he wanted to show the world the under ground sea and all the beautiful animals and plants
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ReplyDeletei liked how the story talked about why and who made the worlds first scuba diver suit.
I love that so many poeple care about the animals in the sea.
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ReplyDeletebeutyful illistrasons
i liked this book because he wanted people to live under water
ReplyDeletethis was a very nice book i love that he wanted to make an underwater world <3
ReplyDeleteI liked this book and thought that it was cool that he had gotten hurt but still followed his dream to make inventions and be an underwater explorer.
ReplyDeletei loved the pictures, it looked like they actually painted the picture while the pages were in the book.
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ReplyDeleteit was awsome i wish there is a nother one
i loved it it wqas very colorful and the illstrating was great.*****
ReplyDeleteI thought this book was amazing cause of the pictures. He was a good man to create all the under water stuff we use. It's awesome that he would do all of the stuff he did.
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ReplyDeleteI liked this book because it was inspiring to me because if you follow your dreams anything is possible.Jack cousteau loved the ocean and he wanted to explore the unknown world. so he invented things to get to know this world better.
I liked how it described Jacques and what he did the pictures looked like shapes put together
ReplyDeleteI love the water too! But I don't think I could build all the stuff he did! The illistrations were awesome!
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ReplyDeleteI feel bad for him but he had a good life under sea.
I loved this book, because of his adventures life!
ReplyDeleteit was a cool book but it was so discusting when they drank the 2,200 year old wine ***
ReplyDeletei dident really get this book.
ReplyDeleteI cant belive they drank 2,200 year old wine**
ReplyDeleteI liked the cool stuff he did.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the pictures in this book. I also really liked the quotes they had the book.****
ReplyDeleteI think the book was great because it told about a young man who wanted to accomplish his dreams. Everyone should have a chance to do that but not many people do. I love the diving suit he invented that would allow people to go underwater longer instead of wearing those other bulky suits.
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ReplyDeletei really liked this book the illustrations were really good even though i dont like non fiction i like this book
**This book is good to learn a little about Jacques Cousteau. The scuba diver who took amazing pictures underwater. The illustrations were fabulous.To me, the lesson in this book is whenever you fall you should get right back up. Don't give up keep trying no matter what. It will pay off. This is also a good biograhy book.
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ReplyDeletei likes this book i dont read alot of boigraphies