Kobee Manatee: Shipwreck Sea Friends

By Robert Scott Thayer and Lauren Gallegos

Winner, Silver Medal in the Interior Design: Children's Category, 2018 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award
2018 International Literary Association Children's Book Council Children's Choices Reading List
Winner, Gold Medal in the Children's K-3 Category, 2017 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards
Winner, Gold Award in the Children's Picture Books Category, 2017 Mom's Choice Awards

"Kobee and his ocean pals are full of fun, adventure, and inspiration. They give the reader a better sense of the magic and mystery within our ocean world." —Fabien Cousteau, oceanographic explorer and conservationist

Kobee Manatee and his pals, Tess the seahorse and Pablo the hermit crab are en route to Puerto Rico to explore the SS Antonio Lpez, a historic shipwreck from the 1898 Spanish-American War. The ship sits underwater about seven miles west of San Juan. On their Caribbean adventure, they meet several new sea friends, including a whale shark, an octopus, and a moray eel. But as Kobee and his buddies begin their thrilling exploration of the wreck, Kobee gets trapped inside the sunken ship! Can Tess, Pablo, and the new sea friends rescue Kobee? Children are sure to enjoy this spectacular tale loaded with surprises, fun, and exciting facts all about Caribbean reef fish.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thompson Mill Press
• Release date: Feb 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9780997123920

Reviews for Kobee Manatee

[carlathelibrarian · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Kobee the manatee and his friends set off from Florida to the Bahamas for his friend Kim's birthday. On the journey, they encounter various types of weather and events. On each page there is a "fun fact" about the weather or event. I found that sometimes they seem to distract from the story. The illustrations were beautiful and fun.

I did find some of the facts to be way above what seemed to be the target audience of the book, and I thought other facts out of place in the story (tornadoes for example). I would recommend that you read the story to the child first, then go back and go over the fun facts. There is a lot of interesting information in the story.

This would be a great book to use when teaching young children about weather and the dangers of it.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.