Library Adventures: Oceans

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Updated September 25, 2024
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Not as we know it
Avery, Tom
Paper Book
Jamie and Ned are twins. They do everything together: riding their bikes, beachcombing outside their house, watching their favourite episodes of Star Trek.But Ned is sick, and one day, he may leave Jamie behind.When they discover a strange creature on the beach, Ned wants one more adventure and...
Let's save Antarctica : why we must protect our planet
Barr, Catherine
Paper Book
I love you, Blue
Barroux
Paper Book
Ocean Book
Beaton, Clare
Paper Book
The shark caller
Bethell, Zillah
Paper Book
Tale of friendship, adventure, forgiveness and bravery, set on Papua New Guinea. WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD CHILDREN'S TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022A SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK Dive beneath the waves with this spell-binding adventure of friendship, forgiveness and...
Gigantic
Biddulph, Rob
Paper Book
A powerful and standout sea-life story featuring one very small and determined blue whale from bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph Meet Gigantic, the smallest blue whale in the Atlantic. Dwarfed by the other whales, Gigantic keeps to himself, making new...
The girl with the shark's teeth
Burnell, Cerrie
Paper Book
Minnow is different from the other girls in her town and there's plenty to set her apart: the blossom of pale scars which lie beneath Minnow's delicate ears, the fact that she has an affinity with the water which leaves people speechless, and that once - she is sure - in deep, deep water, her body...
Wild Wanderers: Swim, Shark, Swim!
Conlon, Dom
Paper Book
Swim around the world with Shark as he explores ocean forests and coastal reefs, meeting Hammerheads and Great Whites, stingrays and dolphins in a search for the place he calls home.
Rescuing Titanic
Delargy, Flora
Paper Book
Rescuing Titanic tells with exquisite illustrations and richly detailed text the story of the Carpathia and its heroic journey rescuing passengers from the Titanic.
The Southern Ocean
Ganeri, Anita.
Paper Book
Explore the remote Southern Ocean in this beautifully illustrated children's book, for readers aged 9+ Icy and mysterious, the Southern Ocean stretches across the bottom of the Earth, surrounding the continent of Antarctica. With its freezing waters, harsh...
Captain Sparklebeard
Knapman, Timothy
Paper Book
ARRRRR you ready for an unmissable girl power adventure? Perfect for rebel girls with big dreams! Peg dreams of adventure and has big ambitions, but when she asks to join the pirates crew they won't let her join because she's too small and she doesn't even have a beard! But can Peg...
Song of the dolphin boy
Laird, Elizabeth
Paper Book
A magical story of friendship, adventure and the importance of marine conservation, from award-winning author Elizabeth Laird.Finn has always been different, and in the tiny fishing village of Stromhead he sticks out like a sore thumb. Always told to keep away from the water, he's felt that...
Ocean life
Martin, Claudia
Paper Book
The Oceans Explored: Ocean Habitats
Martin, Claudia.
Paper Book
Take a deep dive into the depths of our blue planet with this stunning book all about the ocean - Earth's largest biome. In Ocean Habitats, beautiful illustrations and striking photographs combine to help readers explore some incredibly varied and beautiful underwater...
The Oceans Explored: Ocean Life
Martin, Claudia.
Paper Book
Take a deep dive into the depths of our blue planet with this stunning book all about the ocean - Earth's largest biome. In Ocean Life, beautiful illustrations and striking photographs combine to portray an incredibly variety of creatures that call these watery worlds...
The Oceans Explored: Ocean Pollution
Martin, Claudia.
Paper Book
Take a deep dive into the depths of our blue planet with this stunning book all about the ocean - Earth's largest biome. In Ocean Pollution, beautiful illustrations and striking photographs combine to help readers explore how ocean habitats are threatened by pollution...
Selkie: A Scottish Folktale
McClure, Gillian
Paper Book
Dolphin boy
Morpurgo, Michael
Paper Book
Discover this spellbinding story from former Children's Laureate and author of War Horse Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by multi-award-winning Michael Foreman. Jim lives in a Cornish fishing village--but since the fish disappeared, no one goes fishing any more. One day, Jim spots...
Kensuke's Kingdom
Morpurgo, Michael
Paper Book
I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday. Gorgeous new colour illustrations for the best-selling Kensuke's Kingdom. Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own. With no food and no water, he curls up to die. When he wakes, there is a plate...
The search for the giant Arctic jellyfish
Savage, Chloe
Paper Book
Around the ocean in 80 fish & other sea life
Scales, Helen
Paper Book
This is an inspiring tour of the world's oceans and 80 of its most notable inhabitants. Beautifully illustrated, the book includes fascinating stories of the fish, shellfish and other sea life that have somehow impacted human life - whether in our medicine, culture or folklore - in often surprising...
The last seaweed pie
Shurety, Wenda
Paper Book
Frozen planet II
Stewart-Sharpe, Leisa
Paper Book
Our planet is powered by the oceans, entangled in plants, and home to animals of every colour, shape and size. But in its last true wilderness, our planet is white . . . welcome to our frozen planet. Each year, a quarter of our planet is frozen solid, so let's journey to these...
We're off to Meet a Mermaid
White, Eloise
Paper Book

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