The Global Ocean
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The global ocean is in trouble — and kids can help! Though we think of Earth’s five oceans as separate and distinct, they are actually a linked system of circulating water that is one single ocean — the global ocean. This comprehensive overview explores the global ocean’s enormous influence on the planet, as well as humans’ often-detrimental influence on the ocean. But it also highlights many inspiring initiatives underway to restore and heal Earth’s most important feature, making its message of urgency as hopeful as it is accurate. Kids will happily dive into these beautiful pages to learn about our magnificent global ocean — and what they can do to help save it!
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Starting with contextualizing information about how ocean currents and the water cycle connect, this latest in the Citizen-Kid series shines a spotlight on the world's imperiled global ocean and its history, its many human-caused threats, and myriad ways that people might seek to restore its health. Thick, wavy black-line borders separate Donovan's stylized digital illustrations from Strauss's to-the-point text. Abutting descriptions of ocean stressors such as overfishing and pollution, "Ripple of Change" sidebars offer hopeful actions. The last two sections catalog both organized ocean rescue efforts and everyday choices that people can make, depicting people of varying abilities, cultures, and skin tones working together to protect "Earth's beating heart." A final note to teachers and families, alongside an image of a family reading a bedtime story, presumably about the ocean, exemplifies one way to increase ocean literacy among youth. An extensive index concludes this fact-heavy mix of science and environmental activism that sets an empowering rather than despairing tone. Ages 8–12.
