She often speaks at schools and conferences about writing and literacy. Pam lives in California with her husband and four children. She has written many picture books for young children and novels for older students. She wrote her first book at the age of 32 at the encouragement of a friend.

She received her bachelor's and master's degrees at San Diego State University and she worked as a bilingual teacher and an early childhood administrator before dedicating herself full-time to writing. The sights and smells and sensations of the sea become vividly clear in these beautifully rendered paintings.Ībout the Author Pam Muñoz Ryan is a native of California. Crisp, realistic illustrations fill the pages with the rush of surf and the warmth of sun-baked sand. The inspiration of the ocean will make learning the five senses as easy as a day at the beach. Spirited language evokes a sense of closeness and nostalgia for an old friend. Remember how the sand squishes between your toes as the tide rushes to shore and taste the tang of the ocean on your lips. You can almost feel the salt spray on your face and smell the musky scent of ocean in the cool morning air. Relive a day at the beach with this lovely book of memories. Hello Ocean / Hola Mar by Pam Muoz Ryan audiobook. This exceptional book has multiple applications in teaching literary elements such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification, and would make a great listening center.About the Book Glorious illustrations of water, sun, and sky accompany brief, evocative verses, making this a perfect keepsake of a seaside vacation or a striking introduction to the pleasures of a day by the ocean.īook Synopsis Dive into this playful poem about the draw of the shore and the effect the ocean has on all five senses. when a young child experiences the enchantment of the ocean through each of her five senses. In one instance, the narrator seems to say 'alas' where the text reads 'olas.' This is just a very minor flaw in an otherwise beautiful production. The text placement on the page results in the narrator occasionally losing the flow and rhyme as she reads each page individually while the phrases actually extend across two-page spreads. The Spanish text is lovely, maintaining the feel and rhyme of the English version without translating it word-for-word.

The narration is enhanced by background music and sound effects, and Mark Astrella's illustrations are realistic and stunning. In simple, carefully chosen phrases, Pam Muñoz Ryan's bilingual book (Charlesbridge, 2003) explores the seashore through a young girl's five senses in beautiful rhyming text read in English and Spanish by Sonia Amador.

Hello ocean by pam muñoz ryan