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Secrets of the sea / written by Kate Baker ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Big Picture Press, 2017Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 83 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780763698393
  • 0763698393
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction -- In the Shallows (Shallow Sea). Common blenny ; coconut octopus ; European lobster ; horseshoe crab ; daphnia ; sea sparkle ; bryozoa ; common sea star -- Forests of the Sea (Kelp Forest). Giant kelp ; cyanobacteria ; hooded nudibranch ; fish gills ; purple sea urchin ; diatoms -- Coral Gardens (Coral Reef). Coral polyp ; galaxy coral ; zooxanthellae ; pygmy sea horse ; bubble coral shrimp ; giant clam ; queen parrotfish ; zooplankton ; foraminifera -- The Wide, Wide Blue (Open Ocean). The blue dragon and man-of-war ; sea butterfly ; sea angel ; moon jelly ; radiolaria ; acantharea -- Into the Deep (Deep Sea). Giant Pacific octopus ; swordtail squid ; deep-sea siphonophore ; atolla jelly ; giant tube worms ; radiolarian ooze.
Summary: Traveling from the rock pools of the shoreline to the deepest depths of the ocean, a blending of illustrations and facts about marine animals provides an introduction to some of the ocean's rarely seen creatures.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 591.77 B167 Available 33111008977569
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 591.77 B167 Available 33111008852572
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A stunning look at some of the most extraordinary and rarely seen creatures from under the sea

This book takes you on a journey to discover an incredible and rarely seen world. From the rock pools along the shoreline to the deepest, darkest depths of the ocean, breathtaking illustrations reveal the sea's creatures--from the microscopic and the bizarre to the fragile and the deadly--in all their startling beauty. Welcome to the secrets of the sea.

Includes bibliographical references (page 82).

Traveling from the rock pools of the shoreline to the deepest depths of the ocean, a blending of illustrations and facts about marine animals provides an introduction to some of the ocean's rarely seen creatures.

Introduction -- In the Shallows (Shallow Sea). Common blenny ; coconut octopus ; European lobster ; horseshoe crab ; daphnia ; sea sparkle ; bryozoa ; common sea star -- Forests of the Sea (Kelp Forest). Giant kelp ; cyanobacteria ; hooded nudibranch ; fish gills ; purple sea urchin ; diatoms -- Coral Gardens (Coral Reef). Coral polyp ; galaxy coral ; zooxanthellae ; pygmy sea horse ; bubble coral shrimp ; giant clam ; queen parrotfish ; zooplankton ; foraminifera -- The Wide, Wide Blue (Open Ocean). The blue dragon and man-of-war ; sea butterfly ; sea angel ; moon jelly ; radiolaria ; acantharea -- Into the Deep (Deep Sea). Giant Pacific octopus ; swordtail squid ; deep-sea siphonophore ; atolla jelly ; giant tube worms ; radiolarian ooze.

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