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Popping with colour and fizzing with life, coral reefs bloom like beautiful gardens under the sea. They''re among the most spectacular places on our planet. Follow a day and night on a coral reef and see how coral and the amazing creatures that live on a reef change their behaviour depending on the time of day. Thousands of fabulous creatures live around coral reefs. Get ready to meet ... ... fish that like to snooze in sleeping bags ... shells big enough to have a bath in ... fish that start to smell like the coral they eat ... and many, many more. Then find out why coral reefs are in danger and what is being done to help them. Perfect for children aged 7+ to help them learn about this beautiful and amazing habitat. Full of intricate illustrations by award-winning artist, Khoa Le, who is a dedicated and passionate diver. She frequently engages in activities organized by her hometown divers'' community, helping with beach cleanups and or protecting coral reefs by removing crown-of-thorns starfish.
About the author
Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's information books. She has been a writer for 20 years, after working in-house for Usborne Publishing and Walker Books. She specialises in the natural world, religion and mythology but is always looking for new challenges. Among her many titles are the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series for Scholastic Children's Books which won the Blue Peter Book Award for the Best Book with Facts in 2009 and the Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for an outstanding contribution to geographical education. Anita lives in northern England with her husband, children, dogs and cat. She enjoys reading, walking the Moors, playing tennis and dreaming of winning Wimbledon.Khoa Le is an illustrator from Vietnam. She graduated from Fine Art University in Ho Chi Minh, and has been working in publishing most of her life. She has illustrated many books published in Vietnam, Europe, the United Kingdom and United States. She works and lives with her cats.
