Manfish A Story of Jacques Cousteau

Jennifer Berne, Éric Puybaret

eBook - 2012

A colorfully illustrated biography of a little French boy who would become an internationally known oceanographer and champion of the seas.Once upon a time in France, a baby was born under the summer sun. His parents named him Jacques. As he grew, Jacques fell in love with the sea. He dreamed of breathing beneath the waves and swimming as gracefully as a fish. In fact, he longed to become a manfish. Jacques Cousteau grew up to become a champion of the seas and one of the best-known oceanographers in the world. In this lovely biography, poetic text and gorgeous paintings come together to create a portrait of Cousteau that is as magical as it is inspiring.Praise for Manfish"Berne offers a luminous picture-book biography about Jacques Cou...steau . . . . Puybaret's smooth-looking acrylic paintings extend the words' elegant simplicity and beautifully convey the sense of infinite, underwater space." —Booklist (starred review)"This... more