Going Lobstering (Outdoor Adventures) (Outdoor Adventures)

By Jerry Pallotta

Book Overview

One beautiful day at the beach, Linda and Erik see a lobsterman pulling up traps. Linda and Erik are curious about how he catches lobsters. They ask their father about it and he takes them down to the pier to meet his friend, Big Joe, the lobsterman. Big Joe invites them to come along with him for the day to find out all about it. Join Linda and Erik on their first lobstering expedition. It is an exciting and informative adventure at sea, where they learn about the age-old trade of lobstering and encounter a variety of sea life -- including an uninvited shark!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881064742
• ISBN13: 9780881064742
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.9" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Must for Lovers of Ocean Life

I purchased this book for my 5 year old son and 2 year old daughter. The story is detailed and accurate, the illustrations come to life. I love the easily missed detail in the illustartions such as the sunken ship and birds hovering over a distant vessel. After being read the book for the first time my little boy went and told his father "I actually learned a lot from that book", we all give it 5 stars.

Amazing illustrations, and content!!!!

This book was truly amazing. It gave me (someone from ohio) a true insight about what lobstering is really about! The pictures are great and the story line very descriptive and intuitive. I would def. reccomend this book to anyone that has kids or no kids. Please buy.

Amazing and educational

My 5 and 6 year olds absolutely love this book. This book is as close to lobstering my kids will probably ever get. In that regard, it is packed with useful information about how lobsters are caught and what other kinds of things end up in a lobster trap. This interesting thing about this book, aside from the lifelike illustrations, is that it tells the reader why some lobsters get tossed back (i.e. too small or have eggs attached). It shows the reader how the lobsterman measures the lobster to ensure it is not too small. A lesson in conservation rolled up into a delightful story. Buy this book. You and your children will NOT be disappointed. My kids have read this book about 6 times in 10 days. That's the kind of results you want to get kids reading.

Learned a lot!

My daughter and son enjoy this book and learned something about lobsters. We think the pictures are pretty incredible!

details the occupation of lobstering - great for kids!

My son and I go to Maine for vacations. We picked up this book and have begun picking up lobster toys. He really loves it!