The Brilliant Deep

The Brilliant Deep
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Total Pages : 48
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ISBN-10 : 9781452157900
ISBN-13 : 1452157901
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis The Brilliant Deep by : Kate Messner

The Brilliant Deep is the proud recipient of the ALA Notable Children's Books Award, the NSTA-CBC Best STEM Trade Books Award, the Junior Library Guild Selection and the ILA Teacher's Choices. All it takes is one: one coral gamete to start a colony in the ocean, one person to make a difference in the world, one idea to help us heal the earth. The ongoing conservation efforts to save and rebuild the world's coral reefs—with hammer and glue, and grafts of newly grown coral—are the living legacy of environmental scientist Ken Nedimyer, founder of the Coral Restoration Foundation. In telling the story of this sea conservation pioneer and marine life protector, Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe create a stunning tribute to the wonders of nature and the power of human hope—a power even the smallest readers can access in their quest to aid our extraordinary planet. Recommended by experts for children who are reading independently and transitioning to longer books, The Brilliant Deep is perfect for the following reading categories: • Books for Kids Ages 5-9 • Children's Books for Kindergarten – 3rd Grade • Nonfiction Science Studies Education • Summer Reading

Coral Reefs

Coral Reefs
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 36
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781426323645
ISBN-13 : 1426323646
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Coral Reefs by : Sylvia Earle

A brief introduction to coral reefs, including where they are found, how they grow, what lives in them, their importance, and efforts being made to protect and restore them.

A City Under the Sea

A City Under the Sea
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Publisher : Atheneum
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0689318960
ISBN-13 : 9780689318962
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis A City Under the Sea by : Norbert Wu

Magnificent coral formations create a lovely and mysterious ocean home for schools of anemones, sharks, and barracuda in this photo essay by one of the world's leading underwater photographers. Flounders hide in the sandy bottom and predators lurk at the edges while a sea turtle swims through to lay her eggs on the beach beyond. Colorful and dramatic photos bring to the reader the wonders of a very special undersea realm.

Life in a Coral Reef

Life in a Coral Reef
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 42
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ISBN-10 : 9780060295530
ISBN-13 : 0060295538
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Life in a Coral Reef by : Wendy Pfeffer

Coral reefs are beautiful underwater cities that bustle with excitement and activity. From clown fish to spiny lobsters, hundreds of plants and animals live on coral reefs, making them one of nature's greatest treasures. What happens during a typical day in these marine metropolises? Read and find out!

Challenger Deep

Challenger Deep
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 281
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062231727
ISBN-13 : 0062231723
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Challenger Deep by : Neal Shusterman

National Book Award * Golden Kite Award Winner * Six Starred Reviews A captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman. Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench. Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his odd behavior. Caden Bosch is designated the ship's artist in residence to document the journey with images. Caden Bosch pretends to join the school track team but spends his days walking for miles, absorbed by the thoughts in his head. Caden Bosch is split between his allegiance to the captain and the allure of mutiny. Caden Bosch is torn. Challenger Deep is a deeply powerful and personal novel from one of today's most admired writers for teens. Laurie Halse Anderson, award-winning author of Speak, calls Challenger Deep "a brilliant journey across the dark sea of the mind; frightening, sensitive, and powerful. Simply extraordinary."

Deep

Deep
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 285
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780547985527
ISBN-13 : 0547985525
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Deep by : James Nestor

Our species is more profoundly connected to the sea than we ever realized, as an intrepid cadre of scientists, athletes, and explorers is now discovering. Deep follows these adventurers into the ocean to report on the latest findings about its wondrous biology -- and unimagined human abilities.

The Brilliant Death

The Brilliant Death
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 9780451478467
ISBN-13 : 0451478460
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis The Brilliant Death by : A. R. Capetta

Teodora di Sangro is used to hiding her magical ability to transform enemies into music boxes and mirrors. Nobody knows she’s a strega—and she aims to keep it that way. The she meets Cielo—and everything changes. A strega who can switch outward form as effortlessly as turning a page in a book, Cielo shows Teodora what her life could be like if she masters the power she’s been keeping secret. And not a moment too soon: the ruler of Vinalia has poisoned the patriarchs of the country’s five controlling families, including Teodora’s father, and demands that each family send a son to the palace. If she wants to save her family, Teodora must travel to the capital—not disguised as a boy, but transformed into one. But the road to the capital, and to bridling her powers, is full of enemies and complications, including the one she least expects: falling in love.

The Brilliant Abyss

The Brilliant Abyss
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 361
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781472966865
ISBN-13 : 1472966864
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The Brilliant Abyss by : Helen Scales

"The deep sea is the last, vast wilderness on the planet. For centuries, myth-makers and storytellers have concocted imaginary monsters of the deep, and now scientists are looking there to find bizarre, unknown species, chemicals to make new medicines, and to gain a greater understanding of how this world of ours works. With an average depth of 12,000 feet and chasms that plunge much deeper, it forms a frontier for new discoveries. The Brilliant Abyss tells the story of our relationship with the deep sea how we imagine, explore and exploit it. It captures the golden age of discovery we are currently in and looks back at the history of how we got here, while also looking forward to the unfolding new environmental disasters that are taking place miles beneath the waves, far beyond the public gaze. Throughout history, there have been two distinct groups of deep-sea explorers. Both have sought knowledge but with different and often conflicting ambitions in mind. Some people want to quench their curiosity; many more have been lured by the possibilities of commerce and profit. The tension between these two opposing sides is the theme that runs throughout the book, while readers are taken on a chronological journey through humanity's developing relationship with the deep sea. The Brilliant Abyss ends by looking forwards to humanity's advancing impacts on the deep, including mining and pollution and what we can do about them"--Publisher's description.

The World of Coral Reefs

The World of Coral Reefs
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Publisher : Storey Publishing
Total Pages : 50
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ISBN-10 : 9781635863376
ISBN-13 : 1635863376
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis The World of Coral Reefs by : Erin Spencer

"In this illustrated book for ages 7 to 10, marine ecologist Erin Spencer provides fascinating, scientific information about coral reef and conservation work that scientists are undertaking, and solution-oriented ways kids and families can help in the effort"--

The Lure of the Beach

The Lure of the Beach
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 339
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780520395572
ISBN-13 : 0520395573
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lure of the Beach by : Robert C. Ritchie

A human and global take on a beloved vacation spot. The crash of surf, smell of salted air, wet whorls of sand underfoot. These are the sensations of the beach, that environment that has drawn humans to its life-sustaining shores for millennia. And while the gull’s cry and the cove’s splendor have remained constant throughout time, our relationship with the beach has been as fluid as the runnels left behind by the tide’s turning. The Lure of the Beach is a chronicle of humanity's history with the coast, taking us from the seaside pleasure palaces of Roman elites and the aquatic rituals of medieval pilgrims, to the venues of modern resort towns and beyond. Robert C. Ritchie traces the contours of the material and social economies of the beach throughout time, covering changes in the social status of beach goers, the technology of transport, and the development of fashion (from nudity to Victorianism and back again), as well as the geographic spread of modern beach-going from England to France, across the Mediterranean, and from nineteenth-century America to the world. And as climate change and rising sea levels erode the familiar faces of our coasts, we are poised for a contemporary reckoning with our relationship—and responsibilities—to our beaches and their ecosystems. The Lure of the Beach demonstrates that whether as a commodified pastoral destination, a site of ecological resplendency, or a flashpoint between private ownership and public access, the history of the beach is a human one that deserves to be told now more than ever before.