Seahorse, the reader sees how he can hide himself as well. These camouflage pages illustrate how different kinds of fish can hide themselves, but as each of these special pages is turned to cover Mr. Seahorse doesn’t see because they are hiding behind camouflage elements such as seaweed and coral, which are overprinted on clear acrylic pages. The father fish alternate with other kinds of fish that Mr. He greets other fathers that are carrying eggs or caring for their young, complementing each fish on his fine work. Seahorse, swims through his underwater home as he carries the eggs that Mrs. The graphically arresting cover leads to rows of baby seahorses swimming across the endpapers and then on to a wonderful variety of jewel-toned fish set against white backgrounds with just the suggestion of pale blue and green waves in bold strokes of watercolor. The striking single seahorse gracing the cover of this tribute to aquatic fatherhood could never be mistaken as anything other than one of Carle’s consummately creative collage creatures.
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