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32 pp.
| Holt |
June, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-9961-4$17.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Gennady Spirin.
Thirteen sea creatures describe their unique looks and habits, and ask readers to decide which is most amazing: e.g., the box jellyfish with twenty-four eyes and no brain or the leatherback sea turtle that can hold its breath for eighty-five minutes? Paintings in yellow-greenish tones evoke the denizens' mysterious underwater habitat. An author's note with a conservationist slant is appended. Websites. Bib.