(Part 2) Best children marine life books according to redditors
We found 113 Reddit comments discussing the best children marine life books. We ranked the 67 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
As someone who's been reading the same baby-clothing-swap children's book about belugas to my boy for the past few months, I feel like now is the only chance I will ever have to share the extensive knowledge about this wonderful species that I have amassed. I present the following:
Source: Pingry, Patricia A., and Drew Rose. Baby Beluga. Nashville, TN: CandyCane, 2006. Print. Sea World Library.
I have a graphic novel about dinosaurs produced by Discovery Channel that explains this. Also, at the very end, there is a drawing of a T-rex in a space suit (JURASSIC STRIKE FORCE). Pretty much the best book ever. Seriously, click that link and do the whole LOOK INSIDE and see it.
There are lots of great gender neutral toys for all ages! I'm especially fond of building toys, especially for younger kids. Blocks and tinker toys are great (I looooooved mine), and legos (especially those open-ended sets) are good for when they get a little older.
Educational toys are also a good one. A three-year-old isn't gonna realize that a set of Go Fish Alphabet cards will help them learn the alphabet. They think it's just a fun game. Older children can move into board games and puzzle games like Rush Hour.
A lot of arts and craft kits are gender neutral, too. Remember those Klutz books? Sure, they've got Glitter Face Paint While You Do Your Nails and Have a Tea Party kits (which, tbh, I actually don't think are that bad), but they've also got some awesome kits for paper airplanes, origami, learning magic, and learning to sew (a skill that everyone should have).
Also, science toys and kits. Chemistry sets are perfect for older kiddos, and younger ones are happy with dinosaur action figures or solar system plushies.
Finally, books. You can never go wrong with books.
What did you enjoy playing with as a child? Does the giftee have any particular interests (e.g. crafts, music, reading, science)? I'd start with those two questions and go from there.
If she's into birds at all, there are lots of good resources from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology - in fact their worldwide Great Backyard Bird Count is actually coming up next weekend. You might look into some other citizen science projects as well. If you have a yard, you could think about planting some milkweed for monarch butterflies (check out this helpful guide from Monarch Watch) or something similar for another local endangered species.
Edit to add: Also might check out the book Follow the Moon Home about a girl who sounds much like your daughter, and her efforts to save baby sea turtles. It gives some helpful guidance for young people looking for ways to organize around helping endangered animals.
there are people that don't know what hermit crabs are?
Well, if they don't then I strongly suggest this fantastic, educational book that I read as a child
I'd recommend the works of Eric Carle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? is a classic, with all the amazing animals.
Can't go wrong with The Very Hungry Caterpillar either.
A House for Hermit Crab will always be my favorite. A hermit crab dislikes his shell for being too plain, and seeks to decorate it with all sorts of undersea life.
A prosthetic foot is a big part of Stranded. It's a kids' book but seemed pretty realistic.
Literally every page’s graphics, colors, and fonts feel Wes Anderson-y. Here’s a link to the book to see more: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-up-Ocean-Ingela-P-Arrhenius/dp/1536201197
the white seal
Hello shark lovers of all ages!
My name is Matt Marchant and my passion is sharks and shark conservation. I am an underwater photographer and lifelong shark nerd. For years I have taken my photographs and have taught thousands of children about sharks. This past year I decided to start a children’s series focusing on teaching the next generation about sharks and about ocean conservation. Children aged 5-12 will love the info graphics jam packed with shark facts and photos that bring the reader face to face with the ocean’s most famous predator!
My series “Learn About Sharks” has officially begun with “The Great White Shark” and I am excited to share this huge moment with this community!
Website with links for paperback ($9.99 usd) and hardback ($21.99 usd):
www.learnaboutsharks.com
Paperback on amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1525533932/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U__F3T5BbNX8PDXZ
Thank you to all in this community for your help! I am excited for this adventure and can’t wait to bring you “The Tiger Shark” very soon!
I got this yesterday. You are welcome.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524701424/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_zSJFzbJE0GJ8G
I can take a picture of a couple of the pages, but it's some of the trippiest SpongeBob stuff.
As said before the stamps are available through the USPS website and the shark is available on amazon. But she might be interested in becoming a Gill's member (a monthly newsletter featuring a marine biologist and a sticker) check their Facebook page and you can call the center Maryanne there she is very helpful and is super supportive of shark enthusiasts. If you get the stuff from amazon and USPS You can donate in her name to the center to make up not getting stuff from there. We haven't got this book yet but it looks really cute: https://www.amazon.com/Shark-Lady-Eugenie-Fearless-Scientist/dp/1492642045/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=0D1XSR9T85FM79TK0Q0J
Did you use a pre-existing image/patern? My daughter would love something like this.
edit: found the source: http://www.amazon.com/Chuckle-Cringe-SpongeBobs-Embarrassing-Squarepants/dp/1416947469
There is actually a pop-up Moby Dick version that is fantastic. It shortens the novel, keeps the good parts, and has fantastic paper art work too.
[http://www.amazon.com/Moby-Dick-Pop-Up-Book-Sam-Ita/dp/1402745281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413652270&sr=8-1&keywords=mobydick+pop+up+book]
I hope everything goes well!!! Here's a funny cat video to entertain you!
I'd love this Narwhal book for my kiddo! She loves narwhals and unicorns lol. It's near the top on my default wishlist. :)
TODDLER'S FAVORITE—BEDTIME BESTSELLER BOOK LULLS KIDS TO SLEEP WITH BABY SEA TURTLE'S SONG OF HOME!
This double-gold medalist begins simply in baby sea turtle's voice: "I'm coming Mama, I'll see you soon, I know just how, I'll follow the moon..."
Celebrating the love between mother and child, comes an achingly beautiful story that has captured the world's heart!
*Donates to charity: every book saves a turtle via EggRescue® which moves eggs to SafeNests®
Over 2 million copies sold, over 2 million turtles saved.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Ill-Follow-Moon-Anniversary-Collectors/dp/0989433404
A Garden of Whales?
http://www.amazon.com/A-Garden-Whales-Maggie-Davis/dp/0944475353
were they anything like the
Ultimate Hidden Pictures books?
how long ago were you 15?
I have a peer/colleague at my research institution who is a marine biologist and made a book just for kids like him. It’s called squidtoons and I highly recommend it! You can buy it here: [squidtoons](Squidtoons: Exploring Ocean Science with Comics https://www.amazon.com/dp/1449490247/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_PPL.Bb4TQ8AM4)
> Oh dear. Do please forgive me for not linking this extremely hard to find study.
Never beg forgiveness for something you have not done. Especially since it is so easy to find that I had read it before you decided you had linked it.
> No worries there, sunshine, I'm just enjoying yanking your chain 'cause you're clearly a right wanker.
Although you are not. You are clearly pulling your own chain. Repeatedly. Which is fine in the privacy of your own delusions. But in public it does put you in a poor light. Which is, perhaps, best.
> ... just out of interest, have you heard of this tiny little country called Australia?
No. Is it as interesting as Cockaigne where you clearly hail from. Should you actually suppose that is funny I recommend a career in Accountancy. Although, given your innumeracy I fear that would be beyond you.
> Yes, and every other fucking voting system in existence. The point, you obtuse lump of enthusiastically transgressive armpit wax, is how you get the "highest scoring choice". Do feel free to read some of the less challenging introductions on the subject.
How we laughed. Yes. Had you actually read the paper you keep claiming to have linked to you might have noticed that three voting methodologies failed to get any preferences and... hilariously... the winning methodology got more than 50% preferences thus reducing, in a mathematical sense, to being a simple First Past The Post Poll.
"The Highest Scoring Choice Turned Out To Be Selected By A First Past The Post Preference", is not really the ideologically acceptable headline you were seeking. I recommend you read some less challenging material in future.
Your problem seems to be supposing that abusing strangers on the internet is a great substitute for numeracy and the capacity for mathematical analysis of choice and decision processes. Which is fine when you are drunk. Never sober up, poppet.
> In any case, returning to the original argument, no-one who studies the actual science of voting argues that FPTP "...is no better and no worse than other methods", any more than any reputable climatological scientist will deny the current climate breakdown...
Lord Louth would love you. Except, probably not.
Indeed, if you ever work out the original point made about voting methods then, perhaps, you will realise that you are digging a deeper hole. Which is fine. The stupid should bury themselves and save the world a task.
> In any case, returning to the original argument, no-one who studies the actual science of voting argues that FPTP "...is no better and no worse than other methods", any more than any reputable climatological scientist will deny the current climate breakdown...
It is best not to compare political sciences to reputable sciences. Where climate change has been pretty much understood since 1824 when it was described and 1896 when a specific predictive model was put forward.
You seem to be struggling with the concept that two different things can behave in identical ways. Perhaps if you weaned yourself off your current addictions to the politics of Cockaigne that might happen.
Have you heard of not holding your breath. Or irony. No. Good. Carry on.