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DOWN UNDER, DOWN UNDER: DIVING ADVENTURES ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

A 12-year old girl scuba dives in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and meets one-horned unicorn fish, adorable clown fish, giant clams and more. One day she is surrounded by deadly sea snakes, ten times more poisonous than cobras! She feeds sharks from the platform of the dive boat and watches their feeding frenzy.  Illustrated with … Read more

NIGHT DIVE

A 12-year-old girl is scared to death, about to do her first night dive. But what she finds beneath the sea and her adventures give her new memories she can never forget.  Her underwater light fails, and she nearly bumps into a 300-pound fish inside a shipwreck. Join her in meeting barracuda in their hunt … Read more

THE UNDERWATER WORLD OF THE CORAL REEF

In this enchanting book, the creatures of the tropical seas reveal their secrets and mysteries from dawn to dusk and dark night.  Science, poetry and dazzling full-color photographs merge to create a remarkable book. Illustrated with photographs by Martin Scheiner. Ages 5-11 “In areas where ocean waters are warm and clear, vibrant-colored, magical looking coral … Read more

THE DESERT BENEATH THE SEA

McGovern teams up with Dr. Eugenie Clark (The Shark Lady) to scuba dive in the Caribbean and tells about the strange creatures that inhabit the shallow, sandy-bottomed “desert.” Meet the jumping sand grains, the garden eels, and many more. This is also the story of how scientists work underwater and it tells about the friendship … Read more