Epic Animal Journeys in the Sea: Animal Tracking Compass Book

(Hardback)

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Follow incredible animals on some of the world's most epic journeys of migration in the ocean.

Budding animal experts will be spell-bound with this interactive and informative book. Discover some of the most epic animal migrations on Earth as you join eight incredible journeys. From the Green sea turtle's 3,000-kilometre-migration and the Southern humpback whale's immense migration of 16,000 kilometres to salmon in the North Atlantic and elephant seals in the Pacific Ocean, you will follow each animal's migration from start to finish, learning about their journey, why they migrate, where they are going, and the dangers they face along the way.

The compass included with the book helps to navigate each animal's journey as you follow the route on each page, see the different directions they take, and join them on their journey.

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A New York Times top ten best-selling author and editor, Steve Parker's science writing has been shortlisted for the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and the Blue Peter Book Award. Steve's Kill or Cure entered the New York Times Science Bestsellers and also won the British Medical Association Book Award for Public Understanding of Science. Matilda Martin has always had a love of learning new facts and finding out how things work. A keen fossil hunter, Matilda is a children's book author from East Anglia, UK, and she loves discovering new ways to write about the natural world. Olivier Ribbe is an illustrator and art teacher based in France. Olivier is passionate about art, illustration, and design and sincerely believes the arts are essential to our world. Working from his home near Lyon, France, when not drawing, Olivier teaches illustration and graphic design to master's students. His perfect day is made up of walking in the forest and spending time drawing.