Jellies
The Life of Jellyfish
“Exceptionally handsome photographs light up the pages of this well-designed introduction to jellyfish. A few sentences or fragments, closely tied to the illustrations, appear on each spread. The words underscore the variety of jellyfish in the sea and point out their comparative simplicity, their special features, and their unforgettable beauty. The sometimes impressionistic, informative text begins by helping readers to imagine life as a jellyfish: ‘If you were a jellyfish you would have two choices—to go up or to go down. That’s it. Two.’ An intriguing introduction to the subject.”—Booklist
| Format | Your Price | Add |
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978-0-7613-1485-1
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$9.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 5 |
| Genre | Science |
| Category | 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Expository Literature, Animals |
| Copyright | 2000 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | First Avenue Editions ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Publication Date | 2000-08-01 |
| Text Type | Informational/Explanatory |
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| BISACS | JNF003150 |
| Dewey | 593.5'3 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 7.75 x 10 |
| ATOS Reading Level | 3.4 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 2901 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Awards and Reviewed |
Author: Twig George
Awards
- American Bookseller Kids' Pick of the Lists
- CBC Children's Books Mean Business
- Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award
- SSLI Book Award Honor Book
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
- NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12
Reviews
School Library Journal
“Gorgeous full-color underwater photos and a simple, readable text provide a fascinating introduction to some little-known and often unheralded marine organisms. Less detailed than Elizabeth Gowell’s equally spectacular Sea Jellies (Watts, 1993; o.p.), George’s informative narrative presents these gelatinous wanderers as mindless entities mostly at the mercy of tides and currents, opportunistic in their encounters with other marine food sources, and astonishing in their wide variety. For detailed data on reproduction or nematocysts, students will need to consult Gowell’s title, but for novices meeting these insubstantial, fluid invertebrates for the first time, this colorful, attractive book will entice and inform.”
—School Library Journal
School Library Journal
“Gorgeous full-color underwater photos and a simple, readable text provide a fascinating introduction. . . this colorful, attractive book will entice and inform.”
—School Library Journal