At Home in the Coral Reef [Paperback]

Katy Muzik (Author), Katharine Muzik (Author), Katherine Brown-Wing (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

Luminescent illustrations accompany solid explorations of the different worlds and environments of coral reefs.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Esther Williams would have been right at home in these effulgent Technicolor watereolors that depict the many and varied denizens of the deep. Occupying most of their spreads, each of BrownWing's paintings is bordered by a vertical column of text, beneath which are spot illustrations of indigenous flora and fauna. Muzik's straightforward prose works nicely for the intended age range, using exclamatory sentences for exuberant emphasis (Quick, tiny polyps, hide!) and even employing a storyline of sorts-a planula, or baby coral, searches the reef's many nooks and crannies for a suitable home. And as it hunts, ellipses cleverly lure youngsters to the next page: The planula catches a current to. . . Though the ecological messages here may at first seem a bit heavy-handed, grown-ups should realize that it's never too early to impart such critical lessons. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Katy wrote At Home in the Coral Reef to share both her love of the sea and her concern for its rapidly declining health. She hopes that once people realize how beautiful, fragile, and important corals are, they will change their behavior to help preserve coral reefs. Katy lives near the ocean in Isabela, Puerto Rico.

Katherine Brown-Wing studied at the Art Institute of Boston. She works as a biological illustrator and her pictures have been published in numerous scientific journals. Katherine lives in North Kingstown, Rhode Island with her husband.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881064866
• ISBN-13: 978-0881064865
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,701,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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