Blue Sea

Blue Sea, by Robert Kalan, illustrated by Donald Crews, Greenwillow Books,1992

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書名雖是blue sea,角色也有不同顏色,但故事卻和顏色沒關係。這故事說的是~藍色大海裡有一條小魚,然後大魚來了,小魚游走了。又來了一條更大的魚,大魚和小魚也游走了。又來了一條最大的魚,......追的和被追的魚來到了一個小洞,最的大魚被卡住了。又來到一個更小的洞,第二大的魚也被卡住了,......小魚也能依此推理而逃離被追的命運嗎?

說故事技巧:
作者用不成句子的幾個字來說這故事,"biggest fish"~"swim, bigger fish"~"small hole"~"there goes bigger fish"~"Ouch!"~"good-bye, biggest fish",很像我們和小小孩說的話,簡短但清楚,配上畫者簡單生動的圖畫,不必加多的解釋,就能夠讓孩子明白。

兒歌:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught A Fish Alive
One, two, three, four, five.(一一扳開手指數數)
Once I caught a fish alive.(做抓魚狀)
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.(繼續數手指)
Then I let it go again.(做把魚放走狀)
Why did I let it go?(兩手攤開,聳聳肩)
Because it bit my finger so.(做咬手指狀)
Which finger did it bite?(晃動右手)
This little finger on the right.(伸出右手小拇指)