Earth's aquarium: discover 15 real-life water worlds / written by Alexander Kaufman ; illustrated by Mariana Rodrigues.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Magic Cat Publishing, 2021Description: 68 pages : color illustrations ; 38 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781419752896
- 1419752898
- 9781913520090
- 1913520099
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 577.6 K21 | Available | 33111010746184 | ||||
Children's Book | Northport Library | Children's NonFiction | 577.6 K21 | Available | 33111009435039 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Earth's Aquarium is a beautiful, oversize nonfiction book about aquatic life, filled with facts and presented in vibrant full-color illustrations.
Discover the wonder of 15 real-life aquatic habitats all around the world, from mysterious deepwater vents to majestic coral reefs, teeming with life.
Award-winning environmental writer Alexander C. Kaufman and illustrator Mariana Rodrigues takes us on a tour of rainforest waterways, oyster reefs, seagrass meadows, and more, then introduces the incredible species that live there, each specially adapted to their unique ecosystems.
The following habitats are featured in this book:
Channel Islands National Park, United States - Kelp Forests
Chesapeake Bay, United States - Oyster Reefs
Gulf of Saint Lawrence River, Canada - Estuaries
Amazon River, South America - Fast-moving Freshwater
North Pacific Ocean - Open Water
Wadden Sea, Northern Europe - Mudflats
Phang Nga Bay, Thailand - Mangrove Forests
Wadi el Gemal, Egypt - Seagrass Meadows
Great Barrier Reef, Australia - Coral Reefs
Southern Ocean - Sea Ice
Drowned Land of Saeftinghe, Netherlands - Salt Marshes
Lake Baikal, Russia - Slow-moving Freshwater
Norfolk Broads, United Kingdom - Wetlands
Galápagos Rift, Ecuador - Vents and Seeps
Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy - Deepwater
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Magic Cat Publishing Ltd."
Includes index.
Water is life -- Mudflats: Wadden Sea, Northern Europe -- Mangrove forest: Phang Nga, Thailand -- Estuaries: Gulf of St. Lawrence River, Canada -- Kelp forests: Channel Islands National Park, United States -- Seagrass meadows: Wade el Gemal, Egypt -- Coral reefs: Great Barrier Reef, Australia -- Oyster reefs: Chesapeake Bay, United States -- Open water: North Pacific Ocean -- Sea ice: Southern Ocean -- Salt marshes: Drowned Land of Saeftinghe, Netherlands -- Slow-moving fresh water: Lake Baikal, Russia -- Fast-moving fresh water: Amazon River, South America -- Wetlands: Norfolk Broads, United Kingdom -- Vents and seeps: Galápagos Rift, Ecuador -- Deep water: Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy.
"Explore 15 different water worlds and discover the incredible wildlife living there. From seagrass nurseries to the open ocean, from deep-sea vents to tropical coral reefs, from mangroves to coastal estuaries, 15 different habitats - both freshwater and saltwater - are brought together in this beautiful book, which includes an in-depth review of the key species making up this environment"--Publisher's description.