Steve Egner
Contributor
My son brought this one home from his school library. It is the first in a series, subtitled, "The Discovery."
I sampled a few pages, and then finished the book. It is an engaging read, with fast-paced adventure, wreck diving, encounters with sea creatures, and historical references.
Oh, and lots of diving, with basic diving practices covered accurately.
I think that the book would be appropriate for readers in from the 3rd or 4th grade and up... and their parents.
I'm doing my best to kindle my children's interest in scuba without being too heavy handed. They've seen me dive in the tank at Epcot, seen my DVD from Hawaii, and snorkeled with me for hours in the ocean, sound, and even some chilly mountain streams. They both want to take scuba classes as soon as they can... but they're a tad young still, my son is nine, my daughter seven.
In the meantime, I hope that books like this will spark their imaginations and keep their desire growing. Those scuba lessons will go down much more easily if they believe this whole thing was their idea .
My son's school library has a limit on the number of books he can check out at one time. I may run off to Barnes and Noble to finish the series.
Steve
I sampled a few pages, and then finished the book. It is an engaging read, with fast-paced adventure, wreck diving, encounters with sea creatures, and historical references.
Oh, and lots of diving, with basic diving practices covered accurately.
I think that the book would be appropriate for readers in from the 3rd or 4th grade and up... and their parents.
I'm doing my best to kindle my children's interest in scuba without being too heavy handed. They've seen me dive in the tank at Epcot, seen my DVD from Hawaii, and snorkeled with me for hours in the ocean, sound, and even some chilly mountain streams. They both want to take scuba classes as soon as they can... but they're a tad young still, my son is nine, my daughter seven.
In the meantime, I hope that books like this will spark their imaginations and keep their desire growing. Those scuba lessons will go down much more easily if they believe this whole thing was their idea
.My son's school library has a limit on the number of books he can check out at one time. I may run off to Barnes and Noble to finish the series.
Steve
