{"id":2479,"date":"2011-11-12T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2011-11-12T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T21:50:07","slug":"book-review-gunther-the-underwater-elephant-written-and-illustrated-by-ginger-nielson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=2479","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; Gunther the Underwater Elephant written and illustrated by Ginger Nielson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had the opportunity to read fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/4rvpublishingllc.com\/\">4RV Publishing<\/a> author, Ginger Nielson&#8217;s, delightful children&#8217;s picture book <strong>Gunther the Underwater Elephant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gunCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gunCover-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gunCover-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/gunCover.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Written for children from ages 4-8, this story tells about a young elephant who discovers that he can swim underwater by using his trunk as a snorkel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">One day while swimming, he gets separated from his family and ends up out of the jungle river and in the ocean where he befriends some other creatures who help him find his way back home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Each page is filled with colourful illustrations that will fascinate curious children and keep them enchanted from the turn of the first page to the closing of the cover at the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gunther the Underwater Elephant<\/strong> can be purchased from the <a href=\"http:\/\/4rvpublishingcatalog.yolasite.com\/children-page-5.php\">4RV Publishing Catalogue<\/a> during the Christmas sale (ends December 5) for $11.55 US. It can also be purchased from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gunther-Underwater-Elephant-Ginger-Neilson\/dp\/0983274029\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1321133429&amp;sr=1-1\">Amazon.com<\/a> for $12.47 US, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Gunter-Underwater-Elephant-Ginger-Neilson\/dp\/0983274029\/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1321133620&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr0\">Amazon.ca<\/a> for $16.21 CDN, and on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Gunter-Underwater-Elephant-Ginger-Neilson\/dp\/0983274029\/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1321133791&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr1\">Amazon.co.uk<\/a> for \u00a39.03. Gunther is also available through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/gunter-the-underwater-elephant-ginger-neilson\/1033253500?ean=9780983274025&amp;itm=1&amp;usri=gunther%252bthe%252bunderwater%252belephant\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a> currently retailing at $11.51 US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently had the opportunity to read fellow 4RV Publishing author, Ginger Nielson&#8217;s, delightful children&#8217;s picture book Gunther the Underwater Elephant. Written for children from ages 4-8, this story tells about a young elephant who discovers that he can swim underwater by using his trunk as a snorkel. One day while swimming, he gets separated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=2479\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book Review &#8211; Gunther the Underwater Elephant written and illustrated by Ginger Nielson<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,4,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-publishing","category-stories","category-writing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Book Review - Gunther the Underwater Elephant written and illustrated by Ginger Nielson - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=2479\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Book Review - Gunther the Underwater Elephant written and illustrated by Ginger Nielson - Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I recently had the opportunity to read fellow 4RV Publishing author, Ginger Nielson&#8217;s, delightful children&#8217;s picture book Gunther the Underwater Elephant. 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