Synopses & Reviews
In extremely deep waters (two miles deep), the vast sea appears empty. But as naturalist and artist Sophie Webb shows us, it is full of fascinatingand#8212;yet difficult to studyand#8212;life. Together with her shipmates, Sophie counts and collects samples of life in the deep ocean, from seabirds to dolphins, from winged fish to whales. Only their long-term field work can really help scientists determine the health of these remarkable creatures who need the clean deep ocean to survive.
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My Season with PenguinsA Robert F. Sibert Honor book
Winner of the 2001 IRA Children's book Award for Older Readers
Parent's Choice Award
An ALA Notable
A Smithsonian Notable Book
"Webb presents a great deal of scientific information through an effective blend of journal entries and illustrations. A terrific adventure for anyone who dreams of studying animals." -- School Library Journal, starred review
"The author documents the intensity and rewards of fieldwork in one of the earth's remaining truly wild places." -- the Smithsonian Looking for Seabirds: Journal from An Alaskan Voyage
An Outstanding Science Trade book--Selector's Choice
A Parent's Choice Silver Honor Award
A New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
A Junior Library Guild Selection
"An engagingly direct way of communicating both the science....and how the science is discovered." -- Kirkus
"It is Webb's dual perspective, viewing the world simultaneously through the eyes of researcher and artist, that makes her accounts of nature so appealing." --The Horn Book
"Another fascinating expedition:.the you-are-there immediacy of the narrative-and the clear and colorful watercolor-and-gouache landscapes and drawings of the birds form an appealing travelogue that is as exciting as it is informative." --School Library Journal, starred review
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"An engagingly direct way of communicating both the science....and how the science is discovered." -- Kirkus and#160; "It is Webb's dual perspective, viewing the world simultaneously through the eyes of researcher and artist, that makes her accounts of nature so appealing." --The Horn Book and#160; "Another fascinating expedition:.the you-are-there immediacy of the narrative-and the clear and colorful watercolor-and-gouache landscapes and drawings of the birds form an appealing travelogue that is as exciting as it is informative." --School Libraryand#160;Journal, starred review and#160; "A good choice for children intrigued by marine biology."--Booklist
About the Author
Sophie Webb's first book, MY SEASON WITH PENGUINS, was awarded a Sibert Honor and it also won the IRA Children's Book Award for older readers. Both it and her second book, LOOKING FOR SEABIRDS, were Junior Library Guild Selections and made foreign sales to Korea and Brazil. Often at sea, Sophie has travelled to many shores on research ships, including those of Hawaii, Mexico, Central and South America, Alaska and the Antarctic. Since childhood, she has loved drawing birds and mammals. Her ornithligical illustrations appear in "A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America," of which she is coauthor. When she is not out at sea, she makes her home in Felton,, Californa.