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Insiders -- a visually groundbreaking, state-of-the-art nonfiction series that outshines Eyewitness and Discoveries. This stunning new series offers an inside look into twelve riveting subjects, beginning with Dinosaurs, Egypt, Oceans, and Space. Expertly written, each book will feature an arresting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McMillan, Beverly
Other Authors: Musick, John A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Watery world: Our extraordinary blue planet
  • Formation of earth's first ocean
  • Underwater landscape
  • Ocean in Motion
  • oceans and climate
  • Ocean life: Regions and zones: Ocean habitats
  • Made for the ocean: Adaptations
  • Great ocean migrations
  • Oceans under threat
  • Exploring the oceans: Deep-sea legends
  • Highways for exploration
  • Inside and out: Galleon
  • Ocean's hidden dangers
  • Exploring the depts
  • Ocean's bounty
  • Shallows: Exploring the sandy shore
  • Life along the rocky shore
  • Estuaries
  • Abundance in the coastal sea
  • Colors of he coral reef
  • Hid-and-seek in the kelp forest
  • Life in a world of ice: Polar seas
  • Depths: teeming with life in the sunlight zone
  • Creature of the deep sea
  • Life on the ocean floor: Hot vents
  • Oceans of wonder
  • Glossary
  • Index.