What's Under the Sea

by Sophy Tahta, Stuart Trotter (Illustrator), Sharon Bennet (Designed by)

Each book in this bright, exciting series for young children introduces an aspect of the natural or technological world, providing a wealth of fascinating information. The series explores a wide variety of subjects such as what makes a shadow, why flamingos are pink, what makes your tummy rumble and how fish breathe underwater. Where it is appropriate, there are safe and easy experiments to help clarify explanations. The simple text and detailed illustrations combine to answer the question of each title in clear, step-by-step stages. Young children who are just beginning to read will enjoy sharing these books with an adult, while more confident readers will have fun discovering for themselves.

Genres: Science, Picture Books, Pre K, Animals, Childrens, Nature, Nonfiction

24 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 1993

Reviews

[Callie Coox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book to spark interest on what's under the sea.

[Laura (Book Scrounger) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a decent and informative book about all kinds of things that go on under the sea.

It covers world ocean geography, types of animals that live under the sea (as well as the food chain), polar seas, coral reefs, oil rigs, divers, a little bit on plate tectonics, and more. In typical Usborne fashion, there are many pictures and text is spread out over the page, fitting in lots of information.

I'm sure some of the diving and other technology descriptions are a bit dated by now (this was published in 1994). But the book does end with a blurb about pollution and oil spills and how important it is to keep the seas clean, which is still quite relevant.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great little introductory book about oceans; what lives there, how we explore them, and how we use them. Another Usborne that we really like. My children also liked it due to their familiarity with Finding Nemo and they enjoyed finding the characters from the movie in this book.

Update: My third child (4yo) loves this book and wants me to read it all the time. Maybe he'll be a marine biologist or deep ocean explorer.

[Tiera Vann · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for students! I still love this book! I can read this book to my studens and have them understand this book can practice listing. For example a t-chart. The students will then take this reference and we can do an activity titled "What's in the classroom" The students can then list everything posssible they see in our classroom.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is my 4 year old's favorite. He loves the pictures and the variety of information. He asks me to read it over and over again to him.