When a whale carcass lands on the deep ocean floor, a cafe opens for business, and the diners don't stop rooting their way through the menu until the cupboards are bare.
Hagfish, zombie worms, sleeper sharks-this group of patrons is stranger than the denizens of the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars. A fish in a lab coat, piloting a deep-sea submersible, is our guide to the weirdly fascinating goings-on miles beneath the ocean surface.
The backmatter includes rare whale-fall photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Dr. Robert Vrijenhoek of MBARI and Dr. Craig Smith, a deep-ocean ecologist at the University of Hawaii, have helped Jacquie Sewell to ensure scientific accuracy.
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" Young whale enthusiasts will lap this up, and primary-grade science teachers will have the crown jewel of the next marine life unit. " -- EB - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Tavis brightens his setting's inky depths with glowing, brightly hued, and proficiently rendered images of voracious sea creatures converging on their benthic banquet. Along with notes for a select photo gallery of cafe customers, Sewell closes with a report on the rare discovery of one 1987 fall, plus engaging profiles of two marine biologists she tapped as consultants. A revealing glimpse of a rarely studied link in the oceanic food chain." -- John Peters - Booklist
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Kinder
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Sixth Grade, Interest Age: From 7 to 10 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 285 mm
Breite: 233 mm
Dicke: 9 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-88448-848-4 (9780884488484)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Jacquie Sewell is a former children's librarian and the author of Mighty Mac: The Bridge That Michigan Built. She honed her history and science writing skills as a freelance writer for Lansing City Limits Magazine, several hospital publications, Cobblestone Magazine, and others. Dan Tavis has been doodling since his first math class in elementary school and was inspired to paint upon discovering Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. Watterson's work remains a major influence. Dan is the illustrator of Common Critters (2020), The Whale Fall Cafe(2021), and Fluffy McWhiskers and the Cuteness Explosion (2021) and indulges his passion to illustrate characters that emotionally connect with the viewer and tell stories through visual narrative. Dan creates illustrations with watercolor, ink, and digital media.
