"The mermaids are off on a a summer camp adventure. Olivia can't wait! She loves camping under the waves, eating sea cucumber sizzles and exploring. But when the besties find themselves on the wrong side of the reef things start to go very, very wrong. Buckle up for a rip-roaring reef rescue!"--Provided by publisher.
This book introduces oceans and seas, explains that reef-building coral is a keystone species of the ocean, and describes the marine plants and animals of the intertidal, pelagic, and benthic zones of the oceans and seas.
Reef describes the way in which tiny sea creatures can combine to produce some of the world's largest landforms, such as fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls, each with its own distinctive shape.
Explores the different underwater environments that make up a tropical reef, based on the explorations of the author and his wife off the southeastern coast of Florida.
Jessie, a subway car created in St. Louis, Missouri, enjoys many years as an important part of the New York City subway system, and after she is replaced by more modern cars she begins another important job.
