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A Day in the Deep - by Kevin Kurtz (Paperback)

A Day in the Deep - by  Kevin Kurtz (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Via rhyming text, introduces creatures who live way below the ocean's surface.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Travel deep into the ocean way below the surface and you'll encounter some creatures you never knew existed! This book takes you on a journey through the dark depths of the sea towards the ocean floor. Most ecosystems need sunlight, but deep in the ocean where the sun doesn't shine animals have adapted some very interesting ways to see, protect themselves, and eat. Discover the unique habitats, adaptations, and food chains of these deep -sea creatures.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Kevin Kurtz' A Day in the Deep (illustrated by Erin E. Hunter, Arbordale, grades prekindergarten-4) is a stocking stuffer that will keep on giving (educationally). Written in playful rhyming verse, this short, informative book takes primary grade readers down into the ocean's lightless depths (the aptly named midnight, abyssal and hadal zones). - Scientists Bookshelf<br><br>This book touches on some fantastic topics like whale fall, marine snow, bioluminescence, and bacterial involvement at many depths... - School Library Journal<br><br>While brief rhyming verses describe the animals, four pages of more in-depth information about the ocean creatures end the book.- Booklist<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>As both a children's book and scientific illustrator, Erin Hunter specializes in entomological and botanical illustrations. She illustrated A Day in the Deep, The Great Divide, Multiply on the Fly, and for Arbordale, and she has taught botanical illustration and field sketching at University of California at Santa Cruz. Erin's portfolio includes print and online design projects for clients ranging from marketing firms to culinary groups to educational organizations-and she's drawn insects under a microscope for the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. Erin lives with her husband on California's Monterey Peninsula. When she's not sketching and painting, she tends to flowers, fruit trees, and vegetables in her backyard garden. Visit Erin's website: http: //www.eehunter.com/

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