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Williamson Pub
Pub. Date
c2003
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120 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 22 x 28 cm.
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Explores the wonders of the ocean, its floor, and the plants and animals that dwell in it, teaches how to protect these resources, and provides hands-on activities for further investigation.
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From New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What's down there? Unable to answer this for centuries, people believed the deep was a sinister realm of fiendish creatures and deadly...
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"With beautiful illustrations and engaging text, How Deep Is the Ocean? will guide young readers into the deepest parts of the ocean. Featuring a find-out-more section with a water-pressure experiment, a lesson in making a sounding line to learn how scientists measure the depth of the ocean, a glossary of new terms, and web research prompts, this book will begin children?s explorations of the deep sea. Both the text and the artwork were vetted for...
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Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
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Answers questions about the ocean, including how water gets to the ocean, what causes waves, and how rubber duckies helped ocean scientists learn more about how the ocean's waters move.
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Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
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106 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
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208 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
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Presents the world's oceans and seas, including the geography, geology, and ecology that lies beneath the waves, from the deepest trench to the longest mountain range on Earth, and from the world's largest animal to some of the smallest plankton.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
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71 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm.
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Looks at the work of renowned octopus scientist Jennifer Mather and a team of researchers on the island of Moorea, near Tahiti in the South Pacific, where they work to learn more about octopuses and their behavior.
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"Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone. It's you and me, dudes"--
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]-
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volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
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"Dive deep to explore the ocean. From how most of our oxygen is created by phytoplankton, to how currents control our climate, to the marine food chain and the importance of coral, this is the holy grail of ocean books that's easy for everyone to digest. It features fun facts about some of the most incredible, bizarre, and fascinating creatures in the ocean, from mantis shrimp that can strike things with the speed of a .22 caliber bullet to fish with...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Weaving together science, biography, and military history, this story of the virtually unknown woman who became "the first oceanographer of the Navy" recounts how her groundbreaking research turned the tide of World War II.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
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266 pages ; 24 cm
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"While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming...
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