Today's book 01/21/2014

• Nivola, Claire A. LIFE IN THE OCEAN : THE STORY OF OCEANOGRAPHER SYLVIA EARLE

  Nivola, Claire A. LIFE IN THE OCEAN : THE STORY OF OCEANOGRAPHER SYLVIA EARLE New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012 IL K-3, RL 5.0 ISBN 0374380686 If you are dazzled by the sea, you will love this beautiful biography of Sylvia Earle, an oceanographer who designed vehicles for deep sea exploration, set diving depth records, swam with whales and even lived underwater for two weeks! As a child, Sylvia was enchanted by the natural world. The illustrations bring that world to life with detailed pictures filled with different species of mammals, birds, insects and fish. It is exciting to see the ocean through Sylvia’s eyes and to learn more about ocean life along the way. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award nominee, 2014)

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