Tiny Floating Coral (start Small, Think Big #3) by Mary Auld

Tiny Floating Coral (start Small, Think Big #3)

Hardcover – Picture Book, November 19, 2024

Mary Auld

Red Comet Press · Hardcover · November 19, 2024

Follow the life cycle of a tiny coral planula and learn the broader impact of coral reefs on the health of our oceans Tiny Floating Coral starts small with a tiny coral planula floating through the ocean in a soup of plankton, looking for the perfect place to settle, divide, and grow.

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Who it’s for
Trace a tiny coral planula’s growth and see how reefs support marine life.
Themes
Coral life cycle, Coral reef ecology, Marine life
Genres
Marine Life, Ecosystems & Environment, Oceans, Lakes & Water

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Follow the life cycle of a tiny coral planula and learn the broader impact of coral reefs on the health of our oceans Tiny Floating Coral starts small with a tiny coral planula floating through the ocean in a soup of plankton, looking for the perfect place to settle, divide, and grow. It finds a place on a healthy reef off the coast of Australia.

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Learn about the remarkable life of coral, how it feeds, starts a colony and becomes a part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef—a vast underwater city where other animals live, feed, hide, and bring up their young. The story’s narrative progresses in a way that builds understanding, and the delicate illustrations bring the story to life. Thinking BIG, the book highlights that 25 percent of marine life relies on the world’s coral reefs, and the big foldout map shows where they can be found. There is also an illustrated life cycle, and a Reef I-Spy to take children back into the book to deepen the learning experience. The books features a large foldout illustration on the final pages and a die-cut hole, highlighting the coral, on the front cover.

Coral Planula Growth

Trace a tiny coral planula’s growth and see how reefs support marine life.

Come here for

  • A coral planula’s life cycle, from floating to joining a reef
  • The Great Barrier Reef as habitat for other animals

Expect

  • An illustrated coral life cycle and a Reef I-Spy
  • A foldout map showing where coral reefs can be found

Where it sits

Marine Life92%
Ecosystems & Environment43%
Oceans, Lakes & Water35%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Marine Life
  • Oceans, Lakes & Water
  • Ecosystems & Environment
Authors
Mary Auld
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Published
November 19, 2024
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Coral life cycle · Coral reef ecology · Marine life
Reading lane
Marine Life

Book 3 in the start Small, Think Big series.