During an ordinary visit to the library, a young girl pulls out a not-so-ordinary book from the shelves. As she turns the pages in this book about coral reefs, the city around her slips away and she finds herself surrounded by the coral cities of the sea and the mysterious plants and animals that live, hunt, and hide there.

"In this richly informative volume, brimming with new discoveries and more than three hundred colorful images of jaw-dropping fish and coral reefs, you'll swim in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans; you'll be dazzled in the Coral Triangle and amazed in Triton Bay. Up close you'll meet the Cenderawasih fairy wrasse, with its florescent yellow streak; the polka-dot longnose filefish; and the multicolored seadragon. There are scarlet-colored corals,...

When the Octonauts, a team of eight animals who explore the ocean, discover a bleached and abandoned coral reef, they learn about the important relationships among animals, plants, and their habitats.

Presents information about how coral reefs are formed, how they grow, and the many different kinds of plants and animals that live in their special environment.

A young girl gets quite a surprise when the text of a library book she is reading transforms her surroundings into those of a teeming-with-life coral reef!

Coral reefs are home to so many beautiful fish and sea creatures. There have been coral reefs since the time of the dinosaurs, but now coral reefs are in danger of dying.

Describes what coral reefs are, how and where they are formed, and what sorts of life-forms inhabit them.

"Describes the work of Dr. Alexander Grutter and other biologists in the field of coral reef relationships"--Provided by publisher.