Curious Critters: Marine by David Fitzsimmons highlights
twenty unique marine creatures ranging from the Roseate
Spoonbill, Tufted Puffin, Double-crested Cormorant, and the Loggerhead Turtle
to a fascinating collection of fish, crabs, crustaceans, and other denizens of our
oceans.
The carefully researched and informative text alternates
voices between first-person narratives and well-crafted poems that focus on details
of how and where these individual species live, eat, and grow. Readers will find unusual facts about a
variety of behaviors: the migration of Black Sea Bass, the search by a Hawaiian
Reef Hermit Crab for a new home and the carnivorous garden grown within the
body of the upside-down jellyfish.
Crisp, colorful photographs provide stunning close-ups of candy
stripe shrimp, the one-in-two-million Blue American Lobster, the extraordinary
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab whose relatives shared the planet with dinosaurs, and
the Giant Pacific Octopus whose intelligence is proving to comparable to many
vertebrates – to name only a few of the remarkable animals to be discovered.
Animal lovers of any age will find this book to be entertaining and educational at the same time. A recommended addition to school and home libraries.
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