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Plunged way back into the past, Rain, Emily, and the rest of the Dinosaur Explorers, continue to make their way back to the present, but first they must take the plunge and submerge themselves into the prehistoric oceans. What they find is that the weightlessness of the water caters to larger creatures, sometimes bigger than dinosaurs themselves! Here they must dodge carnivorous ancient dolphins, elude massive crocodile creatures, and essentially do their best to survive. But it’s also possible that they may even find some undersea friends. One thing is for certain, the Dinosaur Explorers are in way over their heads! Will they sink or swim?

When their relaxing sea vacation is interrupted, Jake, Sherry, Kwame and the rest of Dr. Darwin’s X-Venture X-plorers head under the sea to find out all about creatures from the deep. And under the sea, sharks are king. But the sharks are not the apex predator they once were, illegal fishing is harming their lives and habitat. Learn about the various species of sharks, tooth by tooth, and find out who would win in a hypothetical battle between fishes, and who would end up as chum. Each comics chapter is followed by an informative prose chapter, filled with exciting facts and illustrations about the real-life creatures featured in the comics.

Trapped in the Precambrian Era 570 million years ago by an earthquake, the X-Venture Xplorers find themselves in a fix- by needing a bigger fix for their time machine! Rain, Sean and Stone are now faced with the challenge of finding electricity in an era where human haven"t even evolved! And to make matters worse, the locals don"t take kindly to them either! Witness all the wonders of our world"s past with these PREHISTORIC PIONEERS!

STEM-inspired comics adventures drawn in a full-color manga-style reminiscent of Dragonball Z, with special illustrated pages devoted to science facts. The Dinosaur Explorers—Rain, Emily, Sean, and Stone, along with Dr. Da Vinci, his assistant, Diana, and their robot helper, Starz-- were all flung back in time by Dr. Da Vinci’s particle transmitter, and the solar-power device can only bring them back to the present a few centuries at a time, giving them all a perfect opportunity to explore the past—provided they can actually survive it. They now find themselves back in the Jurassic, and they quickly find it’s no walk in the park (Get it?) (Sorry.). This is the grand age of dinosaurs, but also the time when the first non-dinosaur animals begin to stretch their wings!

This time, the X-Venture Xplorers’ are in the Permian - Carboniferous eras, around 350 million years back. Many creatures which are small today were very big back then- which presents a big problem when the X-Venture Xplorers come face to face with things like giant spiders! Even more big dangers from today’s small creatures await the team as they quickly realize that it is a bad idea to be PLAYING IN THE PERMIAN!

Join Annie and Nico as they travel through time and discover the history and importance of “black gold,” the non-renewable natural resource known as oil. Witness the rise of oil throughout history from its unique uses in ancient times to the hunt to dig up more oil as it was discovered underground in 1859. All packaged in a pocket hardcover with easily accessible facts, figures, and trivia retelling the magical history of oil from a kids perspective.