Leigh, Lindsey

Summary: "Did you know that there are animals that are completely transparent? That some tube worms live for 1,000 years? That the Pigbutt Worm is also known as the "Flying Buttocks"? Or that there is a type of sea cucumber that is nicknamed "the headless chicken monster?" These are just some of the scientific facts, presented comics-style, that kids will pore over again and again. The Deep! is a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

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Sewell, Jacquie

Summary: One medium-size whale carcass delivers as much food to the dark, cold ocean depths as 4,000 years of sinking food particles. When a dead whale arrives, the café opens for business, and who better than Dan Tavis to show us the bizarre deep-ocean diners who show up? Hagfish, zombie worms, sleeper sharks--this group of patrons is stranger than the denizens of the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars. A...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2021

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Finan, Catherine C.

Summary: "We know the ocean is full of creatures that can make their own light, a reef that houses 25% of all known ocean species, and about 20 million pounds of gold. We've begun to explore the deepest-known trench of the ocean-7 miles below the water's surface-and travel along underwater mountain ranges that are almost long enough to stretch around the world twice. What we have found has been...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2021

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McGinty, Alice B.

Summary: In this playful, rhyming celebration of the marine world, readers can explore all of the wondrous things the sea knows. It knows huge whales and small krill; it knows short crabs and tall giant kelp; it knows brightly colored starfish in shallow pools; and in the inky depths it knows the alluring jewel of an anglerfish?s glowing lure. Discover all of the strange and magnificent underwater...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2020

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Stewart, Melissa

Summary: "When a whale passes away, its body sinks to the ocean floor and becomes an energy-rich food source for organisms living in the deep sea"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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Summary: In the oceans, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3800 meters, the oceans offer 99% of the space where life can develop. And the deep sea, immersed in total darkness since the dawn of time, occupies 85% of ocean space, the planet's largest habitat. Yet the deep sea is mostly uncharted--only about 5% of the seafloor has been mapped with any...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 2007

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Johnson, Rebecca L.

Summary: Presents new animals discovered during a ten year project of documenting sea life, describing new species of such creatures as jellyfish, octopuses, squids, sea worms, and crabs, found along coral reefs, ocean mountain ranges, and in the dark zone.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2011

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Vernon, Ursula.

Summary: Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako sharks--and learn about standing up to bullies in the process.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2009

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Nye, Bill

Summary: Jack, his genius siblings, and inventor Hank Witherspoon go to Hawaii and help technology billionaire Ashley Hawking find out who is sabotaging her revolutionary electric plant that harvests energy from the deep ocean. Includes facts about the deep ocean,the scientific process, and green power, as well as instructions for an experiment.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2017

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Casey, Susan

Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and terror, an unknown realm that evoked a singular, compelling question: What's down there? Unable to answer this for centuries, people believed the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023

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Rzezak, Joanna

Summary: Mr Busby the beekeeper is the proud owner of hundreds of hives. Have a look inside them to find out how bees take care of their queen and make honey, then follow the swarm as they fly off into the countryside to collect nectar. Readers will learn about pollination and all the plants, insects, animals and birds that take part in the process; they will also find out the amazing ways bees are so...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson Ltd 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.79 RZE