coral reefs and islands

Describes the physical features of a coral reef, its community of plants and animals, and environmental threats.

Describes the many animals and plants that inhabit the Great Barrier Reef and includes information on threats to coral reef ecosystems.

Describes the largest reef on earth, its construction by billions of coral animals, life on the reef, and its human visitors from Captain Cook to today's scuba divers.

Provides an illustrated discussion of coral reefs such as the Great Barrier Reef near Australia, describing polyps, their ideal conditions for survival and growth, appearance, and importance as habitats for other animals.

Introduces early readers to various creatures that live in or near a coral reef, including sea horses, starfish, and dolphins.

Examines coral reefs around the world, the species of marine life that inhabit them, their value to humans, how reefs are formed, and ways to protect them from further destruction by oil and chemical spills.

Ms. Frizzle and her students board the magic school bus for a trip to the ocean floor to find pirate treasure near a coral reef.

Presents an introduction to coral reefs and the marine animals that live there, in simple, rhyming, text and illustrations, as a sea horse leads the reader through the water to a sea horse family hidden in a reef.

The kids in Ms. Frizzle's class learn firsthand lessons about the underwater world when they take a trip aboard the Magic School Bus.