My First Book About the Oceans

What's so special about the ocean? Everything! The birthplace of all life on Earth, it is the largest of the world's ecosystems, covering almost three-quarters of our planet. It produces most of the fresh water we drink and half the oxygen that we breathe. In fact, the very land we are standing on came from the ocean floor and will one day return there.
In this carefully researched, fun-to-color book, you'll learn how the ocean does many wondrous things. Find out how it determines both the climate and the weather. Encounter the tiny animals and plants floating on the surface as well as the monstrous creatures lurking in the dark abyss. And most importantly, discover why a healthy ocean is essential and what you can do to help protect it.

An accomplished science and nature illustrator, Patricia J. Wynne is the recipient of the 2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor and has won awards from Parenting Magazine, the John Burroughs Association, and the National Science Teachers Association. Patricia's artwork has appeared in galleries, magazines, newspapers, and more than 100 books for both children and adults. She is the author of numerous successful Dover titles on science and nature, includng My First Book About Outer Space, My First Book About the Body, and My First Book About the Brain.
Trained as a research scientist, Donald M. Silver has written more than 80 books for students.

Revised ToC per revised pages/Author's thumbnail rec'd 2/26/18: 

1. The Water Planet
2. In and Out
3. The Moving Plates
4 and 5. Mountains on the Moving Sea Floor
6. Earthquakes and Tsunamis
7. Ring-Shaped Sea Islands
8. Wind Energy, Wave Energy
9. The Ocean Shapes the Land
10 and 11. Currents and Climate
12. Sandy Beaches
13. Rocky Shores
14. Ocean Ice
15. Layers of the Ocean
16 and 17. Sea Food
18. Eat and Be Eaten
19. Underwater Forests
20. The Ocean's Tiniest Living Things
21. Some Unusual Sea Creatures
22. Stinging-Cell Animals
23. Worms, Worms, and More Worms
24 and 25. Shells Outside and Inside
26. Crustaceans
27. Sea Animals with Spiny Skins
28 and 29. Fishes
30. Sea Turtles
31. Sea Birds
32 and 33. Swiming Mammals
34 and 35. Life on a Coral Reef
36. Life in the Deep, Dark Ocean
37. The Black Smokers
38 and 39. The Ancient Oceans
40. The Ocean and Weather
41. El Nino
42 and 43. Hurricane over the Ocean
44 and 45. Climate
46. The Oceans and Global Warming