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Celebrating Ocean Week Victoria
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Dive into some deep sea reading to celebrate Ocean Week Victoria from June 1 - 9, 2024.
Updated May 21, 2024
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The underworld : journeys to the depths of the ocean
Casey, Susan
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets "An irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping adventure...
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Professor Astro Cat's deep-sea voyage
Walliman, Dominic, Dr.
Paper Book
Perfect for quarantine reading with your children! Where did all the water on our planet come from? How deep is the ocean? What exactly is a fish? Find out all of this and more in the newest Professor Astro Cat adventure! Despite covering over 70% of the...
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The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans
Trethewey, Laura
Paper Book
A SCIENCE NEWS MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF 2023 A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2023 "Should be required reading. . . . A gripping and all-too-timely account of what in more ways than one is turning out to be a very costly and questionably necessary race to the...
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The blue machine : how the ocean works
Czerski, Helen
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All of Earth's oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water, life, and raw materials. In The Blue Machine, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms behind this defining feature of our planet,...
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The brilliant abyss : exploring the majestic hidden life of the deep ocean and the looming threat that imperils it
Scales, Helen
Paper Book
A marine biologist vividly brings alive the extraordinary ecosystem of the deep ocean--a realm about which we know less than we do about the Moon--and shows how protecting rather than exploiting it will benefit mankind. "The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine...
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Ocean atlas : a journey across the waves and into the deep
Jackson, Tom
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How the sea came to be : and all the creatures in it
Berne, Jennifer
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The Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List - STEM & Outstanding Merit (2024) The New York Public Library Best Books for Kids List (2023) A lyrical, spectacular history of the ocean--from its...
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The tide pool waits
Fleming, Candace
Paper Book
Dive into the rich ecology of tide pools and watch a hidden world spring in this masterful nonfiction picture book for very young readers. Twice a day when the tide goes out, an astonishing world is revealed in the tide pools that form along the Pacific Coast. Some...
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The sea around us
Carson, Rachel
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Published in 1951, The Sea Around Us was a phenomenal success. Rachel Carson's rare ability to combine scientific insight with moving, poetic prose catapulted her book to first place on The New York Times bestseller list, where it remained on top for thirty-one consecutive weeks. It stayed on the...
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