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Title details for The Deep! by Lindsey Leigh - Available

The Deep!

Wild Life at the Ocean's Darkest Depths

by Lindsey Leigh
Lindsey Leigh
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Plunge beneath the waves to find an alien world of bizarre creatures who explain for themselves how they’ve adapted to life in the deep dark sea.
Did you know that there are animals that are completely transparent? That some tube worms live for 1,000 years? That the Pigbutt Worm is also known as the “Flying Buttocks”? Or that there is a type of sea cucumber that is nicknamed “the headless chicken monster?” These are just some of the scientific facts, presented comics-style, that kids will pore over again and again.
The Deep! is a rollicking survey of animals that live in the deepest part of the ocean created in an exciting graphic nonfiction format. The first-person commentary by the animals themselves cover a wealth of facts from the surface of the ocean to the darkest trenches. And the beautiful full-color illustrations bring them to life.
From animal adaptations like bioluminescence and giant flashlight eyes to the habits and habitats of the Pram Bug and Dumbo Octopus, The Deep! will keep readers fully engaged with life at the bottom of the sea.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 27, 2023

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780593752920
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 950
    • Text Difficulty: 5-6

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      Starred review from April 15, 2023
      Meet our aquatic neighbors, from sperm whales and vampire squid ("Velcome!") to pigbutt worms. "Well, hi there!" burbles a toothy deep-sea hatchetfish, swimming up to invite viewers on an unforgettable dive into ocean depths from the sunny epipelagic zone down to really deep, really dark hadalpelagic regions. Wonders aplenty await, from creatures with transparent heads and stomachs to sea angels, which change from male to female as they grow, carnivorous sponges, and siphonophores longer than blue whales. The author stoutly defends the reputations of the much maligned blobfish ("Blobfish? No, Blob Sculpin!") and demonstrates a sure sense of theater with, for instance, a "Supersize Squid Showdown," not to mention nods to the aforementioned pigbutt worm ("It's not every day you see flying buttocks soaring through the seas!") and the giant larvacean's "magnificent snot palace." In pursuit of a friendly vibe, Leigh puts smiles on the faces of creatures that have them (faces, that is) but otherwise draws her teeming wildlife in accurate detail. She also fills much of the open spaces in her mix of broad seascapes and inset panels with informative commentary and supplements the tour with closer looks at microenvironments such as hydrothermal vents and deadly undersea brine pools ("jacuzzi of despair!") as well as special topics such as the continual descent of nutritious corpses and poop known as "marine snow." She ends with further resources and eco-activities for readers who share her patent enthusiasm for denizens of the deep. A broad and buoyant undersea venture. (index) (Graphic nonfiction. 10-13)

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
Kindle restrictions

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:950
  • Text Difficulty:5-6

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