Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
Acclaimed Caldecott artist Molly Bang paints a stunning, sweeping view of our ever-changing oceans.In this timely book, award-winner Molly Bang uses her signature poetic language and dazzling illustrations to introduce the oceanic world. From tiny aquatic plants to the biggest whale or fish, Bang...
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Acclaimed Caldecott artist Molly Bang paints a stunning, sweeping view of our ever-changing oceans.In this timely book, award-winner Molly Bang uses her signature poetic language and dazzling illustrations to introduce the oceanic world. From tiny aquatic plants to the biggest whale or fish, Bang presents a moving, living picture of the miraculous balance sustaining each life cycle and food chain deep within our wondrous oceans.On land or in the deep blue sea, we are all connected--and we are all a part of a grand living landscape. Co-authored by award-winning M.I.T. professor Penny Chisholm, a leading expert on ocean science, OCEAN SUNLIGHT is packed with clear, simple science. This informative, joyous book will help children understand and celebrate the astonishing role our oceans play in human life.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780545273220 (0545273226)
Publish date: May 1st 2012
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
I could have used this book years ago when we were doing an inquiry project on oceans, and we could hardly find anything on plankton. This is a great book for making single-celled phytoplankton into an interesting thing to look at and think about. This book reminds me of Virginia Lee Burton's Life S...
Very well told story about how phytoplankton are the starting point for the chain of life in the seas. My niece was particularly interested in this book, and was quite taken aback to learn that the "green" in our seas is everywhere (in the form of phytoplankton). Both children were completely disg...
Spectacular illustrations and excellent information about the ocean food chain.
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