A Coral Reef
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Synopsis
Provides an introduction to the world's coral reefs, as well as the thousands of sea creatures that live there.
Michael Chabin <%ISBN%>0778701522 - Children's Literature
No writer of science fiction has ever described a world as foreign and as fascinating as a coral reef. These state-sized tropical aquatic habitats are formed over thousands, sometimes millions, of years from the remains of animals just large enough to see. Today they are home to a dazzling array of sea creatures from deadly sharks and moray eels to spectacular Christmas tree worms or graceful seahorses. In an ideal world all children would be introduced to biology in a coral reef, where ideas like symbiosis, food chains, and adaptation are not simply clear, they are spectacular. If it is impossible to take the child to the reef, this book does a better than creditable job of taking the reef to the child. Splendid photographs and sprightly text are engaging and informative. The book is part of the "Small World" series. 2002, Crabtree Publishing Company,
Editorials
Children's Literature
No writer of science fiction has ever described a world as foreign and as fascinating as a coral reef. These state-sized tropical aquatic habitats are formed over thousands, sometimes millions, of years from the remains of animals just large enough to see. Today they are home to a dazzling array of sea creatures from deadly sharks and moray eels to spectacular Christmas tree worms or graceful seahorses. In an ideal world all children would be introduced to biology in a coral reef, where ideas like symbiosis, food chains, and adaptation are not simply clear, they are spectacular. If it is impossible to take the child to the reef, this book does a better than creditable job of taking the reef to the child. Splendid photographs and sprightly text are engaging and informative. The book is part of the "Small World" series. 2002, Crabtree Publishing Company,— Michael Chabin <%ISBN%>0778701522