Professor Astro Cat's Deep Sea Voyage

by Dominic Walliman, Ben Newman (Illustrator)

Overview

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 much to discover on this Deep-sea Voyage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912497898
Publisher:	Flying Eye Books Ltd.
Publication date:	04/07/2020
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	331,530
Product dimensions:	11.69(w) x 11.75(h) x 0.53(d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Dominic Walliman is a YouTuber and a non-fiction children’s book author. He has a popular YouTube channel called Domain of Science and he writes the award winning Professor Astro Cat science books for children. Dominic grew up in Cheltenham UK, gained a PhD in quantum device physics from The University of Birmingham and worked for several years in the quantum computing industry in Canada.

Ben Newman is an award-winning illustrator who has racked up an impressive list of clients including Penguin, the BBC, and the New York Times, amongst many others.

Editorial Reviews

The professor’s enthusiasm and Newman’s busy, blocky scenes of sea life and landforms lend extra vim to the adventure […] Just the ticket for budding naturalists with a serious interest in our planet’s remotest reaches.”
—Kirkus Reviews

"This STEM-focused adventure is perfect for readers who love the 'Who Would Win?' series and animal fact books by Steve Jenkins"
—School Library Journal

“This book is perfect for children over the age of five. It is very detailed and not something that would be read in one setting. Younger children would enjoy having the book read to them and looking at all the wonderful illustrations.”
—Youth Services Book Review 5-star review

“I love the way this series empowers young scientists to learn as much as they can and take their education into their own hands, one eye always on the environment and sustainability.”
—The Tiny Activist

“Ben Newman’s illustration matches all the rest of the Astro Cat series in its retro appeal and clear layout, while Astro Cat’s team of animal explorers explain fascinating ocean facts to young readers in a totally accessible way.” 
—Book Trust  

“Visually appealing and bursting with facts and information the latest offering in this popular series exploring our world is perfect for budding naturalists.”
—Library Lady 

From the Publisher

04/24/2020

Gr 2–5—In this oversize informational picture book, readers explore the many parts of the sea. Each spread spotlights a different scene of exploration. Colorful illustrations support the text, which is organized in short sections rather than multiple paragraphs. Professor Astro Cat and friends often break the fourth wall and ask questions about the text and illustrations. Glossary words are printed in boldface and the "did you know?" sections feature facts that beg to be shared with others. The end of this aquatic journey educates readers about human actions that are a threat to the ocean but also offers methods to practice ocean conservation (recycling, sustainable eating, reducing one's carbon footprint). A full glossary and an index are included in the back matter. VERDICT This STEM-focused adventure is perfect for readers who love the "Who Would Win?" series and animal fact books by Steve Jenkins.—Anna Taylor, Darien Library, CT

School Library Journal

2020-02-26
The feline science explorer conducts a tour of the world’s oceans.

Though readers who have navigated Miranda Krestovnikoff’s Ocean: Exploring Our Blue Planet, illustrated by Jill Calder (2020), or any of the many like ventures will find the territory and content familiar, the professor’s enthusiasm (“KNOWLEDGE AWAITS!”) and Newman’s busy, blocky scenes of sea life and landforms lend extra vim to the adventure. There are bits of comedy and side commentary, but generally the members of the bright-eyed animal crew familiar from previous expeditions are all business, asking leading questions or pointing significantly to underscore the professor’s neat, legible blocks of observations and explanations. After first gathering on the beach for a look at tides, tide pools, and erosion, the explorers dive for close looks at diverse habitats from kelp forests to shipwrecks, with occasional pauses to study broad topics like food webs or plate tectonics. Following encounters with whales and sharks, fish, birds, and dozens of other marine denizens at every depth, the voyagers land on the Galápagos Islands, split up to visit the poles, regather for quick ganders at how oceans are being threatened and protected, then close out with a final spray of “Factoroids”: “More people have stepped on the surface of the Moon than have been to the Mariana Trench.”

Just the ticket for budding naturalists with a serious interest in our planet’s remotest reaches. (glossary, index) (Informational picture book. 7-9)

Kirkus Reviews