Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas - by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Acclaimed Caldecott artist Bang paints a stunning, sweeping view of our ever-changing oceans. In this timely book, she uses her signature poetic language and dazzling illustrations to introduce the oceanic world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Acclaimed Caldecott artist Molly Bang and award-winning scientist Penny Chisholm present a stunning, sweeping view of our ever-changing oceans.<p></p>In this timely book, acclaimed Caldecott artist Molly Bang and award-winning M.I.T. professor Penny Chisholm use poetic language and dazzling illustrations to introduce the oceanic world. From tiny aquatic plants to the biggest whale or fish, Bang and Chisholm present a moving, living picture of the miraculous balance sustaining each life cycle and food chain deep within our wondrous oceans. On land or in the deep blue sea, we are all connected--and we are all a part of a grand living landscape. Award-winning scientist Penny Chisholm, a leading expert on oceans, packs <i>Ocean Sunlight</i> with clear, simple science, illuminated by Molly Bang's wondrous illustrations. This informative, joyous book will help children understand and celebrate the astonishing role our oceans play in human life.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>I am your sun, your golden star.<br></br><br></br>Plants catch my light and turn it into life! They pass my light to every living thing on land -- including YOU! -- and all the creatures in the seas.<br></br><br></br>A billion billion billion tiny plants are catching my light right now as they drift in your ocean. But these plants are <i>soooo</i> small you can't see them!<br></br><br></br>Come along and learn how my light flows from these tiny plants through all the ocean animals -- from sunlit waters to the deep dark ocean floor.<br></br><br></br>DIVE IN!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>*An awe-inspiring lesson in photosynthesis goes under the sea. --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Penny Chisholm is a professor at M.I.T., where she has been teaching Ecology for more than thirty-five years. Her long list of prestigious awards includes the National Medal of Science, awarded at the White House in 2013. <br/> Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers, including <i>When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry... </i>; <i>Ten, Nine, Eight</i>; and <i>The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher</i>, each of which were Caldecott Honor books. Bang divides her time between Falmouth, Massachusetts, and Northern California.
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