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"This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts 16 ferocious ocean creatures. Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling animals before finally discovering the winner!" -- Amazon.com.
What would happen if sixteen sea creatures met in a tournament? Who will be the ocean champion? Who do you think would win? --
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Seals, otters, oysters, fish, pelicans, and sharks are a few of the animals that make up an ocean food web. But did you know that almost all ocean creatures depend on algae to live? Or that bacteria, crabs, and lobsters break down dead plants and animals into nutrients? See ocean food webs in action in this fascinating book.
3) Jellyfish
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"This search-and-find book invites young readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a jellyfish's ocean habitat, body parts, and behaviors"--
7) Sea horses
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"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to sea horses through simple, predictable text and related photos"--
9) Sea turtles
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"In this book, early fluent readers will learn how sea turtles live and survive in the ocean. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the appearance, diet, habitats, life cycle, and behaviors of our ocean's seven sea turtle species. A Take a Look! infographic labels a sea turtle's anatomy. Sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity...
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Why be afraid of the dark when there is so much to see? Whether its used to hunt, hide, find a friend, or escape an enemy, bioluminescence - the ability to glow - is a unique adaptation in nature. In this fun and fascinating nonfiction picture book, join world renowned photographers and biologists on their close encounters with the curious creatures that make their own light.--
12) About the ocean
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Treasure Bay
Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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Explores many aspects of the ocean environment, from coral reefs to deep seas, to sandy shores. Provides interesting facts about animal life in the ocean, including dolphins, sharks, whales, starfish and more.
13) Squids
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"Emergent readers will dive right into this search-and-find book about squids. Simple text and colorful underwater photos teach new vocabulary and facts about anatomy and habitat"--
14) Estuary animals
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"Life in the estuary is always changing. Ocean tides of salt water flow in and out of the estuary and mix with the fresh water that flows from rivers and streams. Animals here must have physical and social adaptations that allow them to live in the salty mix. Discover how and why animals survive and thrive in these sheltered biomes."--Back cover.
15) Ocean animals
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"Most of Earth is covered by oceans and seas that are home to an amazing variety of animals. Some have adapted to life in the cold, dark aphotic zone. Others live in the disphotic zone where predators attack from above or below. Still others live in the top layer; the euphotic zone, where food is plentiful but competition for it is fierce. Discover how animals survive and thrive in saltwater biomes around the world."--
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"This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in an ocean habitat. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn how fragile food chains can be, how they can be broken, and what we can do to prevent this."--
17) Manatees
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"In this book, early fluent readers will learn how manatees live and survive in the ocean. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the mammal's appearance, diet, life cycle, and behaviors. Take a Look! infographics highlight and label the mammal's range and habitat as well as its anatomy. Sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity...
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Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Alongside everything the young oceanographer needs to know, Zommer's charming illustrations bring to life some of the slipperiest, scaliest, strangest, and most monstrous underwater animals. The book opens by explaining how different types of animals are able to breathe and survive underwater, and the different families to which they belong. Subsequent pages are dedicated to specific creatures, including sea turtles, whales, sharks, stingrays, and...
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