annieb123
Written on Oct 5, 2022
Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic is an exhibition in book form featuring 14 sculptures from the Washed Ashore Project perfectly photographed by Kelly Crull. Released 1st March 2022 by Lerner on their Millbrook Press imprint, it's 36 pages and is available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats.
The project and sculptures are part of a traveling exhibition to promote awareness of the crisis of plastic pollution and its effect on the environment, the ocean, and the creatures who live in ocean habitats. The book is written in very simple accessible language which will be easy to read and understand for primary grade readers (ca. 6-10 years).
The photography is full color, crisp and quite compelling. It's easy to get lost in the pictures; deciphering the construction and the found objects which make up the sculptures. Each of the feature pages also contains photos of specific objects for readers to find as an extra activity. The artist and publisher have also included links and online resources for further reading.
This would be a good tie-in for a classroom unit on ecology as well as art, and a superlative choice for public or school library acquisition or home use.
Five stars. It's very short but quite captivating.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.