Contents: The ocean frontier; Your mission; The moon and tides; Mega tide; Pulling the plug; Rip tide; Sea power; Wind and waves; Tidal pools; Clammed up; On the beach; Hidden riches; Mud and marsh; Fuel stop; Seagrass meadows; Turtle nursery; Mangrove swa

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Modern technology has enabled today’s marine scientists to penetrate the oceans’ depths as never before, where they continue to discover strange and exotic sea creatures. Creatures of the Deep, the newest title in Barron’s exciting Discoverology series, takes young readers on a fascinating descent into the sea’s dark and mysterious depths where, at nearly two miles below the surface, they encounter such creatures as--

Viperfish, fierce fish with hinged jaws and outsized, needlelike teeth

Crustacean Phronima, the inspiration for the creature in the 1979 film Alien

Amphipods, almost totally transparent sea creatures with huge eyes

Sperm Whales, giants even among whales, who are able to reach the oceans’ greatest depths . . . and many others

Pictured and described in these pages are fish that make their own light, colossal squid measuring up to 49 feet with hooked tentacles, and many other extraordinary denizens of a dark, hostile world that until recently was unknown to science. Featuring vivid color illustrations on every page, this unusual volume also has pop-up illustrations of sea creatures, pull-tabs, wheels, and flaps that add vivid detail to young readers’ undersea discoveries....

A photographic feast serves up imagery and information about all things planet Earth: from its place in the solar system, to what it's made of, to what grows in it and on it, to what hovers above it.

Following on the incredible success of One Million Things: A Visual Dictionary, this spectacular book features dynamic photographic spreads that beautifully showcase the rocks, minerals, streams, oceans, layers, clouds, ancient sediments, and brand-new islands that make up our planet. There are millions of things to learn about Planet Earth!...

The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.



Water dives into every aspect of Earth's most precious resource-its chemical properties, its movement around the planet, and why it is essential for all life....

Contents: The ocean frontier; Your mission; The moon and tides; Mega tide; Pulling the plug; Rip tide; Sea power; Wind and waves; Tidal pools; Clammed up; On the beach; Hidden riches; Mud and marsh; Fuel stop; Seagrass meadows; Turtle nursery; Mangrove swa

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A gorgeous follow-up to our innovative Mission: Space, Voyage: Ocean brings us back down to Earth and into the abyss of the deep, blue sea. Spectacular images take center stage as we explore the incredible ocean and the animals and plants that live there.


Special spreads focus on man s interaction with and exploration of the ocean, explaining up-to-the minute scientific advances and developments.


Informative text interacts with the imagery throughout this circular tome, making it an asset to any library, be it at home, school, aquarium, or beyond....

Contents: The seafloor; Your mission; Spanish silver; Swirling sand; Swimming with stingrays; Into the past; A river delta; The kelp forest; Life in the kelp forest; Diving with sea lions; Seafloor whales; Corals and sponges; An underwater canyon; The ocea

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Contents: The black depths; Your mission; A midnight visitor; The big squeeze; The big chill; Lights in the dark; Spotlights and lures; Loosejaws and fangtooths; Weird and wonderful;- Mid-ocean drive; Looking for a giant; Fins and tentacles; Doomed liner;

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Contents: The sunlit zone; Your mission; A coral reef; Down the reef slope; A coral bloom; An artificial reef; Hidden life; Swimming with a sea giant; Flying with fish; Shark attack!; A cool ocean current; Feeding frenzy; Water and weather; The weedy Sarga

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Contents: The blue twilight; Your mission; Fishing the depths; Dawn descent; Getting darker; Getting colder; Coming up; Microscopic life; Marine snow; A deep-sea vampire squid; The deep scattering layer; Rise and fall; Big-eyed hunter; Top predators; Mirro

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Contents: The seafloor; Your mission; Spanish silver; Swirling sand; Swimming with stingrays; Into the past; A river delta; The kelp forest; Life in the kelp forest; Diving with sea lions; Seafloor whales; Corals and sponges; An underwater canyon; The ocea

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