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The Handy Ocean Answer Book (Handy Answer Books)

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I agree with the reviewer who complained about errors & contradictions. Although this is a fun book, it does have some silly mistakes. For example, the authors claim on page 342 that, at 26,000 species, crustaceans are the largest class of arthropods. Well, everbody knows that insects are arthropods. At 900,000+ species, insects are the largest class of arthropods and crustaceans are but a small fraction. Encyclopedia of the Sea by Richard Ellis is far Better.

Sections of this very simply written book are just STUFFED with misinformation and inaccuracies! I wrote to the publisher regarding the contradictory and incorrect information in the sections on birds....and was ignored. Some of the information in this little tome may be just fine...but, read with caution and double-check the facts because the mistakes, although significant, aren't obvious and a naive reader might be easily misled.

A 'handy answer book' by Thomas Svarney & Patricia Barnes-Svarney using question-and-answer formats normally reserved for younger audiences to great effectiveness for adult readers, Ocean Answer Book surveys beaches, fish discoveries, and ocean exploration programs alike and is packed with facts, presented in a lively format for leisure browsing.