"Ocean Bestiary tells the history of our relationship with the sea, one animal at a time, from A to Z. From the earliest Polynesian navigators to the pilots of deep-sea submersibles today, humans have been exploring the globe's most dominant and inaccessible ecosystem and bringing home to those ashore breathtaking accounts of what they observed. Jumping off from the stories of whalemen, pirates, explorers, immigrants, naturalists, writers, painters,...

"Plesiosaurs lived more than 200 million years ago! What were their lives like as they swam through the world's ancient oceans? This hi/lo title explores that question through leveled text and colorful illustrations. Readers will learn about Plesiosaurs' body parts, favorite foods, behaviors, and more. Features map the prehistoric world, compare Plesiosaurs' sizes, show off favorite foods, and more. The book ends with a two-page profile that puts...

"Penguin lovers and young nonfiction fans will enjoy following one penguin couple through their efforts to raise a family of chicks in this engaging Step into Reading Science Reader. Did you know that penguins have feathers but don't fly? Or that their eggs are guarded by the daddy penguin? Or that they dive in the ocean for their food? Discover these facts and more, along with brilliant photographs of chinstrap penguins in Antarctica, in this captivating...

Bruno, who is known for his imaginative tales, is unable to convince his family that he is really trying to take his bath, but the whale in the tub refuses to leave.

"For thousands of centuries, humans lived near the ocean, wandered right up to its edge, and turned back to the relative safety of the known land. Even when we invented ships and the very bravest among us sailed out, our fears and imaginations took over. What creatures could be living in the unknowable darkness, the bottomless depths? Giant worms, microorganisms that eat metal, faceless fish, giant sea spiders? Marine life is even more otherworldly...

A Penguin Classic
In the two years after the 1939 publication of Steinbeck’s masterful The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck and his novel increasingly became the center of intense controversy and censorship. In search of a respite from the national stage, Steinbeck and his close friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, embarked on a month long marine specimen-collecting expedition in the Gulf of California, which resulted in their collaboration...

On a field trip to SeaPlanet, seventeen-year-old Arab-American high school swimmer River McIntyre has a chance encounter with Indy, a happy, healthy queer person, which sets off a wrenching journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and gender dysphoria, through layers of coming out, affirmation surgery, and true love. River McIntyre has grown up down the street from Sea Planet, an infamous marine life theme park slowly going out of...

Ex-pirate Kwazii, along with Captain Barnacles, medic Peso Penguin and the other Octonauts, embark on several pirate adventures while exploring and protecting marine life and habitats.

In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about the worsening state of plastic and chemical pollution in the world. What is 1the Great Pacific garbage patch?2 What are the consequences of large companies, like the Montrose Chemical Corporation, dumping toxic chemicals into the ocean? What are the effects of pollution on marine life and humans? What can people do to 1change the tide2 and help marine life thrive? Interviews with conservationists...