Full-color photographs and accessible language take readers under the sea to discover the kelp forests. Information about photosynthesis, habitats, and plant structures supplement what readers learn about plants in science class.
When a friend helps him retrieve the fishtrap he lost while trying to fish just off the coast of eastern Tasmania, Ben comes to see the Giant Kelp forest where he lost his fishtrap in a new light.
Discusses the largest and fastest growing plant in the ocean, which serves as a home for countless sea creatures is a source of many chemicals, and is a valuable food for human beings.
Describes many of the unusual sea creatures that make their homes in a kelp forest including hermit crabs, sea stars, sea anemones, and more, and contains interesting facts about the kelp forest itself.