A turtle’s view of the ocean blue – Catherine Barr

The a turtle’s view of the ocean blue is a stunning story book by Catherine Barr helping us to explore the five oceans on our planet! Throughout this beautiful book children meet the creatures who live there and find out just how their incredible surroundings work.

The book introduces young readers to our oceans, the underwater wildlife and the natural phenomena that take place. It also discusses the challenges we’re currently facing and what we can do to help save our big blue world. Join your sea turtle guide as you navigate every inch of our oceans, from the sunlit surface to the deepest, darkest depths!

From tides and currents, to migrations and conservation, see our oceans in action and learn how you can help to save them. This is a great follow-up to the very successful book a cat’s guide to the night sky.

Written by expert author Catherine Barr, who previously worked as the Greenpeace Sea Turtle campaigner, and with gorgeous artwork from celebrated illustrator Brendan Kearney, a turtle’s view of the ocean blue is a must-have for all young readers. It contains a glossary and is suitable for children aged 6 years and up.

The book is published by Laurence King Publishing.

Contents:

1 hardback book in English, 64 pages.

About Catherine Barr

Catherine Barr is a full time author researching, writing and imagining and exploring true stories about nature and the world around us. She have written 35 books to-date.

She studied ecology before working with Greenpeace for many years on wildlife issues, focusing on sea turtles and other endangered species. Fascinated by nature and particularly the power of words, she studied journalism and became editor at the Natural History Museum in London where she wrote summer exhibitions. She also worked with many organisations on strategic communications for social and environmental change.

Now living close to the Welsh hills and visiting schools around the country, Catherine writes hoping to encourage children to get involved in protecting our natural world.