Jellyfish: A Natural History

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Packed with colourful photos and cool illustrations, this book's brilliant question and answer format is based on the numerous quirky, intriguing and enlightening queries posed to our Museum experts over the years - it's very often the case that fact is stranger than fiction!

There is a place where life’s end can become a new beginning as someone, or something, entirely different. With "Jellyfish," young readers can embark on an exciting underwater adventure and discover the fascinating world of these incredible creatures, including their unique life cycle, stinging abilities, and important role in the ocean's ecosystem. June the Jellyfish– In this bubbly little ocean tale, a shy little jellyfish loves to dance, but she is too afraid to talk to any other fish in the sea! After reading the last section on how humans have affected ocean environments, I'm convinced that jellyfish will be completely taking over our oceans any day now. Scientist Gershwin's writing is concise and to the point in both the science and how the ecology of jellyfish impact the environment.

You’ll meet the microscopic creatures that can survive in the vacuum of space, and wonder – could aliens really exist? The story of thirty-year-old, recently unengaged Ruth Young, who moves back in with her parents for a transitional year to help care for her father, Howard Young, a history professor recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The series supports the Personal, Social and Emotional Development Area of Learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage, and the RSE curriculum 2020. The observers whose relief at seeing the swallows hinders their ability to read the message the birds are trying to pass on. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.

Fifty unique species, from stalked jellyfish to black sea nettles, are presented in stunning color photographs along with the most current scientific information on their anatomy, history, distribution, position in the water, and environmental status. After a long day of helping out at her hot dog stand, Mark is in for a surprise adventure under the starry night sky, filled with shimmering moonjellies. Despite their lack of faces, limbs, bones, blood, or brains, jellyfish have developed incredible ways of eating, moving, reproducing, and defending themselves. The role swap leads to hilarious situations that will be enjoyed by young children and their parents. Field Studies Council Jellyfish features 28 jellyfish and allied species of the British and Irish coast.

I feel like this book gives me real inspiration for alien species, because they themselves feel so alien to me. As you begin gathering your ocean-themed books and activities for kids, be sure to explore the books featured on the list below.

Now he has traveled across the world and all the way Down Under to Australia, a shockingly under-discovered country with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on the planet. This sustainable children's book is printed from approved sources and is plastic-free, making it a great eco-friendly choice for parents who want to teach their kids about the importance of sustainability. In the ebb and flow of an ever-changing world, starlings fall from the sky, votes are cast, a village is drowned, a petrified forest is revealed and messages wash up in seaworn bottles on the shoreline, waiting for answers that will not come.Jellyfish have been swimming in our oceans for well over half a billion years, longer than any other animal that lives on the planet. The book highlights the wonders of bioluminescence, from fireflies and foxfire to jellyfish and deep-sea fish.