57.
Series:
Journeys
Tales of Travel and Trailblazers
Hardcover
Jonathan Litton
9781944530136
$24.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 6 - 9
Mar 06, 2018
Throughout history, human beings have been fascinated by travel. From the earliest days of hunting and gathering, to the first journeys across land and sea, to modern advances in space exploration, we have always wanted to know more and do more. This book celebrates the accomplishments that humans have made in the field of travel and poses the question: where next?
60.
Series:
Dive In
Swim with Sea Creatures at Their Actual Size
Hardcover
Roxie Munro
9780823443352
$24.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 7 - 10
Apr 07, 2020
Splash into one of the world’s most alluring—and threatened—habitats, without getting your feet wet. Without traveling any further than your bookshelf, encounter exquisite coral reef creatures in this clever introduction to underwater life! Brightly illustrated at true-to-life size, Dive In introduces more than twenty undersea creatures. From the brilliantly colored rainbow parrotfish to a venomous southern stingray, follow the path of a scuba diver discovering the many creatures living in a coral reef—including a huge gatefold spread featurin...
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61.
Series:
Gidget the Surfing Dog
Catching Waves with a Small but Mighty Pug
Hardcover
Elizabeth Rusch
9781632172716
$18.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 7 - 10
Apr 07, 2020
Meet Gidget, a small but mighty pug who overcame a life-threatening illness to become a world-champion surfing dog. Her story is told with beautiful, eye-catching photography that features adorable canines on and in the water.This is the inspiring true story of Gidget, a world-champion surfing pug, who grew from a hyperactive handful of a pup to a poised and impressive surfer whose efforts are devoted to charity. As she and her owner Alecia find their way through challenges including a life-threatening illness, Gidget’s story becomes not only a...
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62.
Series:
Professor Astro Cat's Deep Sea Voyage
Hardcover
Dr. Dominic Walliman
9781912497898
$25.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 7 - 10
Apr 07, 2020
Perfect for quarantine reading with your children!Where did all the water on our planet come from? How deep is the ocean? What exactly is a fish?Find out all of this and more in the newest Professor Astro Cat adventure!Despite covering over 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is still roughly 95% unexplored. Join Professor Astro Cat and the gang as they take a deep dive from the sea shore all the way to the darkest depths of the ocean floor to find out more about this mysterious watery world. From coral reefs to deep-sea vents, there’s so muc...
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63.
Series:
The Spirit of Springer
The Real-Life Rescue of an Orphaned Orca
Hardcover
Amanda Abler
9781632172129
$18.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 7 - 10
Mar 24, 2020
A compelling nonfiction picture book about the remarkable rescue of an orphaned orca calf, Springer (A73), whose story captured the hearts of whale lovers throughout the Pacific Northwest.In 2002, a killer whale calf was discovered swimming alone in Puget Sound. This picture book follows the amazing true story of her identification as a member of the A4 pod, a family of Northern Resident orcas living off the coast of British Columbia, and the team of scientists who worked together against all odds to save her from starvation and reunite her wit...
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64.
Series: Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker
Narwhals and Other Whales
A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #33: Narwhal on a Sunny Night
Paperback
Mary Pope Osborne
9781984893208
$9.50
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 7 - 10
Jan 07, 2020
Track the facts about the unicorn of the sea—the narwhal—and its closest relatives!When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #33: Narwhal on a Sunny Night, they had lots of questions. What is a narwhal? Why is it nicknamed the unicorn of the sea? What other whales live in the arctic? How do they survive the cold? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about narwhals and other whales.Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack a...
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65.
Series:
Into the Deep
An Exploration of Our Oceans
Hardcover
Wolfgang Dreyer
9783791373904
$34.00
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 7
Oct 08, 2019
Immerse yourself in a strange and beautiful world as you journey from the beach to the depths of the ocean floor.Beneath the surface of the ocean lies a mysterious and astounding world that few people ever get to see. This book merges breathtaking art with the latest scientific research to take readers on a fantastic voyage on the submarine Marine Snow, where they meet blue whales, vampire squid, viper fish, and a giant sea spider. They’ll learn about bioluminescence, Radiolaria, and coral reefs, discovering incredible facts about the marine wo...
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66.
Series:
Animal Journeys
Hardcover
Patricia Hegarty
9781944530044
$12.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 7
Mar 07, 2017
Animals are simply amazing! Many of them migrate for various reasons, often enduring harsh, unforgiving environments. Learn about which animal has the longest migration of any creature; the creative way that one island assists with its crab migration; and much more in this beautifully illustrated journal of journeys.
67.
Series:
The Earth Book
A world of exploration and wonder
Hardcover
Jonathan Litton
9781944530068
$29.99
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 7
Mar 07, 2017
Explore the incredible place we call home! Marvel at the physical planet, learn how the weather works, meet some of the most influential people from the past and present, and much more. Examine every corner of the Earth, from outer space to underground and from the Maasai steppe to Manhattan.
68.
Series:
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run: The Junior Novelization (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Paperback
David Lewman
9780593127513
$9.50
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Mar 31, 2020
Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants returns in an all-new feature film—streaming soon!THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN is coming soon to streaming services and CBS All Access. Part origin story, part rescue mission, and part buddy road trip, the all new feature-length movie follows SpongeBob, Patrick, and the entire Bikini Bottom crew as they embark on a journey that spans from childhood to an adventure to save their friend, Gary the Snail. Boys and girls will thrill to this novelization that features eight pages of full-color images base...
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70.
Series:
Song for a Whale
Paperback
Lynne Kelly
9781524770266
$10.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Dec 31, 2019
In the spirit of modern-day classics like Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7s comes the Schneider Family Book Award-winning story of a deaf girl’s connection to a whale whose song can’t be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. But she’s the only deaf person in her school, so people often treat her like she’s not very smart. If you’ve ever felt like no one was listening to you, then you know how hard that can be.When she learns abou...
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71.
Series:
A Swirl of Ocean
Hardcover
Melissa Sarno
9781524720124
$22.99
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 8 - 12
Aug 06, 2019
A touching, timeless novel—perfect for fans of Lisa Graff and Lauren Wolk—about a girl who discovers that the ocean is holding secrets she never could have imagined.Twelve-year-old Summer loves the ocean. The smell, the immensity, the feeling she gets when she dives beneath the surface. She has lived in Barnes Bluff Bay since she was two years old, when Lindy found her on the beach. It’s been the two of them ever since. But now, ten years later, Summer feels uncertainty about her place with Lindy and starts to wonder about where she came from. ...
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72.
Series:
Sea Wife
A novel
Hardcover
Amity Gaige
9780525656494
$35.95
FICTION
Apr 28, 2020
A New York Times Notable Book“Sea Wife is a gripping tale of survival at sea—but that’s just the beginning. Amity Gaige also manages, before she’s done, to probe the underpinnings of romantic love, marriage, literary ambition, political inclinations in the Trump age, parenthood, and finally, the nature of survival itself in our broken world. Gaige is thrillingly talented, and her novel enchants.”—Jennifer Egan“Sea Wife brilliantly breathes life not only into the perils of living at sea, but also into the fraught and hidden dangers of domestic...
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73.
Series:
The Shipwreck Hunter
A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
Paperback
David L. Mearns
9781643132457
$23.95
HISTORY
Feb 18, 2020
This memoir by the world’s foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend
of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler–style adventure.David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world’s most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood (sunk in a pyrrhic duel with the Bismarck) to solving the mystery of HMAS Sydney, to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama’s sixteenth-century fleet, Mearns has searched for and found dozens of sunken vessels in every ocean of the world.
The Shipwreck Hunter chro...
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74.
Series:
The Boundless Sea
A Human History of the Oceans
Hardcover
David Abulafia
9781846145087
$65.00
HISTORY
Jan 28, 2020
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEARFor most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples - for the spread of ideas and religion as well as commerce. This book traces the history of human movement and interaction around and across the world’s greatest bodies of water, charting our relationship with the oceans from the time of the first voyagers. David Abulafia begins with the earliest...
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75.
Series:
Fletcher: A Lifetime in Surf
Hardcover
Dibi Fletcher
9780847866410
$75.00
SPORTS & RECREATION
Oct 29, 2019
Through fifty years of epic stories, art, and personal ephemera, The Fletcher Family spans surfing’s golden era to the present day, when bathing-suit model Dibi and competitive surfer Herbie met, to raising talented Christian and Nathan on boards and waves, to passing the torch to their skating-phenom grandson, Greyson.Herbie Fletcher is a surfing legend. Fletcher and his sons, Christian and Nathan, made a habit of doing things exceptionally well and in their own way before they became the norm. But the Fletchers are not merely trailblazing sur...
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76.
Series:
Sailing America
Hardcover
Onne van der Wal
9780847863587
$135.00
SPORTS & RECREATION
Oct 22, 2019
The closest you’ll get on land to the feeling of being on deck—sailing through the eyes of a true master of both sail and lens.This deluxe, grand-scale, limited-edition book is a voyage across America, capturing the joy, excitement, and serenity of sailing in the waters of every region of the United States—from Puerto Rico to the tip of Alaska.Over a lifetime devoted to boats and the pursuit of pleasure on water, the photographer Onne van der Wal has accrued an unparalleled archive of the most evocative and beautiful photography of this great A...
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77.
Series:
The Penguin Book of Mermaids
Paperback
Cristina Bacchilega
9780143133728
$23.00
FICTION
Oct 08, 2019
Dive into centuries of mermaid lore with these captivating tales from around the world.A Penguin ClassicAmong the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her voice to a sea witch in the beloved Disney film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” As far back as the eighth century B.C., sailors in Homer’s Odyssey stuffed wax in their ears to resist the Sirens, who lured men to their watery deaths with song. More than two thousand years lat...
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78.
Series:
Surf Like a Girl
Hardcover
Carolina Amell
9783791385952
$66.00
SPORTS & RECREATION
Oct 01, 2019
Whether they’re threading a barrel or shredding a swell, these amazing women are making enormous waves in the world of surfing.If you thought surfing was a male-dominated sport, think again. The thirty women surfers profiled in this thrilling collection can rip a wave with the best of them. Hailing from all over the world, each surfer is featured in spectacular photography and with their own inspirational words. There’s American professional surfer Lindsay Steinriede on how her father’s death has inspired her career; French board shaper Valerie...
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79.
Series:
Into the Planet
Hardcover
Jill Heinerth
9780385690454
$34.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sep 10, 2019
NATIONAL BESTSELLERTaking you to places no one has ever gone before, and blending memoir, adventure and science, Into the Planet is a riveting account of one of the most dangerous yet exhilarating pursuits in the world: diving to the centre of the earth.“If I die, it will be in the most glorious place that nobody has ever seen.”As one of the most celebrated cave divers in the world, Jill Heinerth has seen the planet in a way almost no one has. In a workday, she might swim below you home, through conduits in volcanoes or cracks in the world’s la...
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80.
Series:
The Outlaw Ocean
Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
Hardcover
Ian Urbina
9780451492944
$40.00
TRAVEL
Aug 20, 2019
"A riveting, terrifying, thrilling story of a netherworld that few people know about, and fewer will ever see . . . The soul of this book is as wild as the ocean itself." --Susan Casey, best-selling author of The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the OceanAn adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear int...
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