Nonfiction Monday is
hosted today by Simply Science.
For
Nonfiction Monday - - "Life in the ocean : the storyof oceanographer Sylvia Earle" written and illustrated by Claire A.
Nivola.
Nivola
invites young explorers to discover the undersea world through the life of
renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Sylvia
was Introduced to the warm clear waters of Gulf of Mexico at the age of twelve
when her parents moved to Florida. That
introduction became a lifelong passion with ocean life that took her from swimming
with dolphins to a dive 3000 feet below the surface.
Nivola's
enthusiasm for her subject enlivens the narrative and informs her extensive
author's note at the end of the text.
Her beautiful watercolor illustrations are exuberant, detailed, and
lovingly drawn.
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