{"id":875,"date":"2009-11-03T23:28:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T03:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2009-11-03T23:28:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T03:28:14","slug":"review-of-the-fantastic-undersea-life-of-jacques-cousteau-by-dan-yaccarino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"Review of The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, by Dan Yaccarino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/jacques_cousteau.jpg\" alt=\"jacques_cousteau\" title=\"jacques_cousteau\" width=\"189\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-876\" \/><em>The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Dan Yaccarino<\/p>\n<p>Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2009.  36 pages.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What is a scientist after all?  It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what&#8217;s going on. &#8212; Jacques Cousteau<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This picture book biography tells the story of Jacques Cousteau&#8217;s amazing life with simple details and evocative pictures.  Looking at the pictures brought me right back to the days when my family used to watch the TV show, <em>The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.<\/em>  Every page includes an inspiring or illustrative quotation from Jacques Cousteau.<\/p>\n<p>Jacques Cousteau began his fascination with the sea as a sickly child, encouraged to swim to build up his strength.  He was also a scientist, tinkering with cameras from a young age.  Those two passions combined encouraged him to expand the technology available for ocean exploration, and to share what he discovered with the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It fascinated me to do something that seemed impossible. &#8212; Jacques Cousteau<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This beautiful biography will fascinate children with the sea and what one man can do to expand knowledge for everyone.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself. &#8212; Jacques Cousteau<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0375855734\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/jacques_cousteau.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/jacques_cousteau.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2009. 36 pages. What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what&#8217;s going on. &#8212; Jacques Cousteau This picture book biography tells the story of Jacques [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-childrens-nonfiction-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}