The Truth About Dangerous Sea Creatures

by Mary M. Cerullo, Michael Wertz (Illustrator), Jeffrey L. Rotman (Photographer)

Overview

The Truth about Dangerous Sea Creatures, full of eye-catching photography and interesting facts will thrill any young reader interested in the misunderstood creatures of the deep sea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452133997
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	02/26/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	52
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mary M. Cerullo has written 12 books on ocean life for children. She is the Associate Director of Friends of Casco Bay, and environmental group in South Portland, Maine.

Editorial Reviews

Oceanographer Cerullo provides a potpourri of odd facts about 25 sea creatures, including lionfish, giant octopus, jellies, stingrays, and tiger sharks. While many of the full-color underwater photos are appealing, the busy format detracts. Each double-page spread includes several paragraphs of text against a brightly colored background, photos, and banal cartoon-like line drawings. Photos cropped and dropped into the layout in a variety of boxes and bubbles offer no information on the size of creatures shown, so the reader is not sure whether the sea snake is larger than a moray eel, or whether a grouper is actually four times the size of a human diver. The author concludes with "helpful hints." If you get injured exploring the ocean, for instance, she suggests calling "a doctor or poison control center." Hardly earth-shattering. (glossary, further reading, Web sites, index) (Nonfiction. 8-10)

Kirkus Reviews