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.