Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed The Seas

Author: Molly Bang

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  • : $42.99 AUD
  • : 9780545273220
  • : Scholastic US
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  • : June 2012
  • : 285mm X 239mm X 9mm
  • : United States
  • : August 2012
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Barcode 9780545273220
9780545273220

Description

Acclaimed Caldecott artist Molly Bang paints a stunning, sweeping view of our ever-changing oceans.
In this timely book, award-winner Molly Bang uses her signature poetic language and dazzling illustrations to introduce the oceanic world. From tiny aquatic plants to the biggest whale or fish, Bang presents a moving, living picture of the miraculous balance sustaining each life cycle and food chain deep within our wondrous oceans.
On land or in the deep blue sea, we are all connected--and we are all a part of a grand living landscape. Packed with clear, simple science, this informative, joyous book will help children understand and celebrate the astonishing role our oceans play in human life.

Awards

Winner of Massachusetts Book Award (MassBook) (Children/Young Adult) 2013. Commended for Cook Prize 2013. Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Primary) 2014.

Author description

Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers, including When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry... ; Ten, Nine, Eight; and The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher, each of which were Caldecott Honor books. Bang divides her time between Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Northern California. Penny Chisholm is a professor at M.I.T., where she has been teaching Ecology for more than thirty-five years. Her long list of prestigious awards includes the National Medal of Science, awarded at the White House in 2013.