Creature Close-Up: Ocean Animals
Silver Dolphin
Available: 05/01/16
8.74 x 11.45 · 28 pages
Ages 8 years and up
9781626864504
CDN $27.95
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The oceans are teeming with creatures large and small, from the seashore to the depths of the abyss. From the pincers of tiny crustaceans to the sharp teeth of a massive sperm whale, there's plenty for kids to discover in Creature Close-Up: Ocean Animals . This unique book is filled with interactive elements that give young readers a chance to dive deeper than ever before. Kids can use the removable dual-focus magnifier to examine close-up images of all types of sea life from every layer of the ocean. Creature Close-Up: Ocean Animals is filled with engaging text and photographs, and also includes a dolphin model to build, a plastic turtle, reusable stickers, and a foldout pearl oyster.
Barbara Taylor studied Environmental Sciences at Southampton University before becoming a science editor and writer at London's Natural History Museum. She has worked as an editor for a number of London publishers and is an award-winning author of more than 120 children's information books and encyclopedias on natural history, science and geography. Titles include: Animal Homes and The Really Deadly and Dangerous Dinosaurs (Dorling Kindersley Inside Guides); Crocodiles, Turtles & Tortoises, Snakes (Lorenz); Cobras (Belitha) and Frogs, Snakes and their relatives (OUP). Barbara has won The American Association of Physics Science Writing Award; The Geographical Association Gold Award; The English Association's 4-11 award in the Key Stage 2 Non-Fiction category; The Wow! Award from the National Literacy Association.
