Swim with the ocean's most secret creatures! What mysteries lurk at the bottom of the ocean? Discover some of the world's most fascinating animals, such as anglerfish, luring prey to a toothy doom with a siren's light; vampire squid, peering forth with red eyes; and sea cucumbers, filtering food from the water passing through their bodies. Follow the lanternfish as he lights the way down to the mysterious deep, where whale worms sprout from bones and all varieties of jellies float free. Children will learn about these bizarre bottom-dwellers through clever rhymes and captivating drawings that bring this sunless land to light. Fun, sometimes silly, facts and images accompany each rhyming marine description.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Pelican Publishing Co .

Mike Downes is father of three children. He won the 1998 Hawaii Children's Literature Award for his manuscript There's a Leopard in My Laundry. This is his first book. David Sheldon was born in Cincinnati in 1957. When he was in 3rd grade he won 10 cents for making the best witch in art class, and seeing that he could win friends that way, was urged towards a career in art. Since then, he has illustrated the Dogmas and Cattitudes pop-up books for Running Press, CDs for Warner Brothers and Nick at Nite, as well as characters for television, greeting cards, and packaging. Nancy Raines Day is a freelance editor and picture-book consultant for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. After earning her BA in journalism from the University of Michigan, she earned an MA in literacy journalism from Syracuse University. Day is a member of the Authors Guild and lives in St. Simons Island, Georgia.