Marine Life Books

The control strategies decussed are good for industries. Overall a good read. R. Gregg II Qualis

Reviewed by Gabriel Peralta (age 9) for Reader Views (11/07)

This book is written by an eight-year-old girl named Jolie Vanier. In the story, Joliea has a magical submarine that takes her anywhere she wants to go. She visits places like Italy, Honolulu, and Costa Rica. Joliea visits these places with her friends and has many adventures. I enjoyed the pictures and reading about the adventures Joliea has with her friends. I think it would be great to have a magical submarine. It was nice imagining along with Jolie. I would recommend "Puwaii Adventures with Joliea & Friends" to my friends. It has great drawings, adventures, and is a lot of fun.

Made of a silky, shiny fabric, with soft stuffing, this book is full of fun. Perfect for babies - it helps teach fine motor skills as they lift the fabric flaps looking for Rainbow Fish. A bonus is the finger puppet, complete with sparkling scales. There is even one page with a cave entrance that the finger puppet can "swim" right through. The finger puppet sold in stores for $9.95 by itself so this is a real value!
Great gift for little ones!

Everything a young reader could want to know about rays is packed into this 48 page book. Rays starts with the history and then characteristics of rays. Extensive discussion of physical description and anatomy of rays and their habitat. Also, has a sections on stings and shocks and life cycles. Excellent research. Includes many interesting photographs and wonderfully detailed illustrations. Includes an extensive glossary and index. Karen Woodworth-Roman, Children's Science Book Review

I am a shark lover and I have been studying sharks since I was 6 years old. I love to read this book because it has so much information. If you want to learn some serious info on sharks than I would try this book. And if this book doesn't float your bout than I suggest that you read the "Shark Alminac". That book also has alot of information.

An easy to use collection of some of the seminal papers in marine and coastal ecology. Although many of these papers can be found in electronic form online, this is still an excellent resource to have in one's library.

I am the illustrator of this book. Both myself and the author, Judith were hurt by this School Library Journal Review. It seems that the reviewer has forgotten how to look at a book as a child might, and instead goes on a personal rant against this "type" of book. She also obviously has a negative bias against digital artwork, some of which took me several weeks to produce. First off, The critique on the writing is absurd. Those forced alliterations were "tongue-in-cheek," planned that way to kick off each chapter. What better way to open a chapter then with a romanticized description and an art piece that was more painterly and more finished (her idea of inconsistent)? The creature pages will capture your child's imagination-I guarantee! As for the proportions of the character on the spread she mentions-I admit I do not go for strait out photo-realism. Their clothes look strange because it was a scene from the 60's and some clothing was worn tightly.

This is some of my best work, and I stand by it. The Kracken scene alone took an entire week (unfortunately, it is obscured by a design back pane). Another great thing about this book is that it is bold in a time of "plain vanilla" art and writing. This book shows the creatures of legend in the exact way they were feared and perceived. Mermaids were beautiful and terrifying. Jenny Greenteeth will delight and chill.

-Just a different perspective, from a source "close" to the project
By the way, this book won the 2007 Children's Choice Award from the International Reading Association, which is an honor

I am a saltwater aquarist that is in love with the coral reef and the ocean. I absolutely treasure this book. The detail and time spent to create this is intense. What a magnificent piece of work! Before I go to work, I poor a cup a coffee and browse through the pages a little at a time and think how much I'd rather be tracking these intresting and intrensic species that the ocean has to offer.

Excellent book, although some of it very in depth to larger aquariums (I keep a 10 gallon reef)

Reef Sharks and Rays by Scott Michael is the most comprehensive and excellent book on this topic one could ever look for! If you are going diving or snorkeling in tropical or subtropical areas, this would have to be the incomparable choice, if you can find it. Be aware that it is out of print and can only be found in specialized stores, where it is expensive.
You will find shark species listed in here that no other guide has covered quite yet. For instance, the "Nervous Shark" is a very interesting species, and this is the only book known that lists it. (To my knowledge, since I own four books on sharks). The section on rays is also decent, as you will find unusual and poorly known species listed along with the common ones. A very pleasing guide despite it's size and trust me, it is well worth the high price that must pe paid!