National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the Ocean
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 6 Chinstrap Penguin 68 How to Use This Book Gray Seal 72 Yellow Tube Sponge 74 PACIFIC OCEAN Sea Otter 10 INDIAN OCEAN 78 Blue whale 14 Giant Oceanic Manta Ray 80 Marine Iguana 18 Long spine Porcupinefish 84 California Sea Lion 20 Whale Shark 86 Deepsea Anglerfish Blue Star 90 Leafy Sea Dragon 26 Common Lionfish 94 Yellow bellied Sea Snake 30 Hawksbill Sea Turtle 96 Stony Coral 32 Orange Clownfish and ARCTIC OCEAN 1OO Magnificent Sea Anemone 36 Beluga 102 Orca 40 Walrus 106 Wandering Albatross 44 Narwhal 108 Arctic Cod 112 ATLANTIC OCEAN 46 Lion s Mane Jellyfish 114 Caribbean Reef Octopus 48 West Indian Manatee 50 1o Cool Things to Remember Great White Shark About the Ocean 118 54 Atlantic Puffin 58 Parent Tips 120 Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 60 Ocean Map 122 Atlantic Horseshoe Crab 64 Glossary 124 Antarctic Krill 66 Credits 125 Index 126
INTRODUCTION AAA This book introduces Earth s ocean and explores it through the animals that live there It answers questions from What is the ocean and Why are there waves to Which animals live in the ocean and How do whales breathe INDIANOCEAN Seen from space Earth looks like a big blue marble Almost three quarters of the planet is covered by one big ocean Parts CHAPTER THREE of this one single ocean have been given names Pacific Ocean brings the reader to the Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean and Arctic Ocean All of the parts Indian Ocean below are interconnected A map at the the book shows where back of tucked Asia and between Africa each part of the ocean is located and Australia The animals NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS FIRST BIG highlighted here are sea creatures typically found in BOOK OF THE OCEAN IS DIVIDED INTO this part of the vast ocean FOUR CHAPTERS PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER FOUR begins the book with a continues the exploration of covers the Arctic Ocean the look at the animals you the ocean and its inhabitants coldest of all It is also the can find in the largest part with a visit to the saltiest part smallest and shallowest part of the ocean the Pacific of the ocean the Atlantic It is of the ocean and is almost The deepest place on Earth the second largest region of the completely surrounded by is in the Pacific Ocean the world s ocean The longest moun North America Europe and Challenger Deep in the tain range on Earth is found here Asia The creatures here are Mariana Trench the Mid Atlantic Ridge adapted to life in icy
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK FACT BOXES give the young reader a quick on Colorful PHOTOGRAPHS look at an animal s basic biology the kind of animal it illustrate each spread supporting the text is where it lives how big it is what it eats the sounds it makes and how many young it has at a time ANEMONEY PACIFIC OCEAN ORANGE READ CLOWNFISH LEFONG and India This fish and the magnificent sea anemone help each other Orange clownfish and magnificent sea anemones NOAA Anemones look like flowers but they are animals Which would you rather pretend to be a clownfish an anemone Clemental can SWIM AROUND Sea anements stay ly in one place Interactive QUESTIONS in each section POP UP FACTS sprinkled throughout encourage conversation about the topic provide added information about the ocean and the animals featured in each section MORE FOR PARENTS In the back of the book you will find parent tips with fun activities that relate to ocean topics a map of the ocean and a helpful glossary
