Oceanlife

Learn from home and explore the world with these fun and easy board books! All young children love to play in the waves at the beach. Here's a Hello, World! board book that teaches them all about oceans and the creatures and plants that live there. Hello, World! is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers. Told in clear and easy terms ("An octopus has eight arms. Can you count them all?") and featuring bright, cheerful illustrations, Hello, World! is a perfect way to bring science, nature, and culture into the busy world of a toddler, where learning never stops. Look for all the books in the Hello, World! series: •Solar System •Weather •Backyard Bugs •Birds •Dinosaurs •My Body •How Do Apples Grow? •Ocean Life •Moon Landing •Pets •Arctic Animals •Construction Site •Rainforest Animals •Planet Earth •Reptiles •Cars and Trucks •Music •Baby Animals •On the Farm

Features the photograpy of Annie Crawley, an innovative book and dvd pack that discovers the underwater world, fun facts and tidbits.

From the microscopic phytoplankton that float near the ocean surface, to the 200-ton blue whale with a heart the size of an automobile, climate change affects all ocean life. For billions of years the ocean has regulated climate on Earth, but how much global warming can it absorb? Time to Act! fact boxes and quotes by notable ecologists will help your readers understand the essentials and take action.

Young children will enjoy discovering the 58 fascinating ocean creatures in My First Book of Southern African Ocean Life, which range in size from the earth's largest animal – the blue whale – to the tiniest plankton. This newest title in the popular My first book series offers: vibrantly colourful, accurate illustrations of each creature; simple texts that will satisfy the curiosity of those who are learning to read and of young listeners; simple pictograms that show at a glance where each species can be found, what it eats and its relative size.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.