Ocean life books
Ocean life books to start from. Open one to see books like it, or tell BookSense what you loved for four picks made for you.
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
The Sea Around Us
Rachel CarsonA widely read popular account of the ocean's origins, its water and its living things, written for general readers by a marine biologist.
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
Joanna ColeA children's nonfiction picture book that uses a field trip format to explain ocean floor habitats and marine life.
How to Hide an Octopus & Other Sea Creatures
Ruth HellerA rhyming picture book about camouflage and how sea animals hide, using simple verse and bright illustrations.
The Log from the Sea of Cortez
John SteinbeckA voyage narrative combined with marine collecting notes and ecological observation of the Gulf of California, written with Ed Ricketts.
The Ocean Alphabet Book
Jerry PallottaAn alphabet book that uses ocean animals for each letter, a common route for young readers into marine life.
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Reef Fish IdentificationPaul Humann - Sea Turtles
Sea TurtlesGail Gibbons - The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten
The Magic School Bus Gets EatenPatricia Relf - One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab
One Is a Snail, Ten Is a CrabApril Pulley Sayre - Commotion in the Ocean
Commotion in the OceanGiles Andreae - The theory and practice of group psychotherapy
The theory and practice of group psychotherapyIrvin D. Yalom1970 - The magic school bus inside the human body
The magic school bus inside the human bodyJoanna Cole1989 - Ocean sunlight
Ocean sunlightMolly Bang2012 - Billy Fish
Billy FishEdward S. Popper2000 - Sea Creatures
Sea CreaturesClare Oliver2002 - I Wonder Why the Sea is Salty
I Wonder Why the Sea is SaltyAnita Ganeri1994 - Ultimate Shark Rumble
Ultimate Shark RumbleJerry Pallotta2020