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Sea Creatures

by Seymour Simon
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Dive into the wonderful world under the sea with Sea Creatures, a gorgeous informational picture book from award-winning science writer Seymour Simon! This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.

Ranging from tiny single-celled creatures to the larger-than-life whales, the ocean is filled with life. Some sea animals live in the darkest depths of the ocean, while others live close to sunlight. From camouflage to way of communicating to existing symbiotically, sea creatures are some of the most adaptable animals on Earth.

With clear, simple text and stunning full-color photographs, readers will explore the deep blue sea and meet all types of aquatic friends.

This book includes an author's note, a glossary, and an index and supports the Common Core State Standards.

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  • Release date

    June 26, 2018

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    • Kindle Book

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      • ISBN: 9780062289223
      • File size: 6 KB
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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      March 1, 2018
      Grades 3-6 Veteran nonfiction author Simon delivers another exceptional photo-essay, this time highlighting sea creatures, from single-celled diatoms and tiny animal zooplankton to dolphins, sea turtles, and whales. Complemented by gorgeous photographs (several enlarged to see up-close details), the informational text begins with the seas' different zones and concentrates on the sunlight zone, where green plants and most of the seas' fishes, mammals, and turtles live. Simon focuses on the sea as a food web, as he looks at myriad food chains and describes how many sea creatures have advanced senses, such as sharks' ability to smell blood from great distances, in order to find prey?or avoid being caught by predators. He also illustrates through narrative and photos, the impact of adaptations like camouflage and symbiosis. The author touches upon the variety of marine environments, including giant clams in the South Pacific Ocean and spawning salmon in Northwest rivers, and concludes with fangtooth fish, vampire squid, and other strange life in the deepest seawater. A fascinating view of some of Earth's rarely seen creatures.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2019
      Simon introduces readers to a range of organisms that live in the ocean and highlights the many different environments found within its vast expanses. Discussions of sea creature reproduction, food webs, sensing organs, and ecosystem interdependence are the focus of the narrative. Photographs of the colorful sunlight-zone animals, as well as those stranger creatures in the ocean depths, are included. Websites. Glos., ind.

      (Copyright 2019 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • English

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