Southern African Sea Life

This guide for young explorers combines scientific fact, fascinating tidbits, brilliant full-colour photography and sensitive illustrations to bring a wonderful variety of ocean creatures vibrantly to life.

Children will enjoy poring over the colourful pages as they:

• read about marine habitats like sandy beaches, rocky shores, estuaries, coral reefs and kelp forests
• discover plant and animal groups, including molluscs, crustaceans, coastal birds, mammals and reptiles, among others
• learn to identify important species from each group, using picture field-guides
• study the helpful holiday guides to find out what sea life to look out for along the shore – from Walvis Bay to Mozambique
• find out why the ocean is vital to us, how it may be harmed by human activities and some of the ways in which we can help
• learn about the valuable work that marine scientists do

This introduction to the habitats, plants and creatures of the southern African shores is a celebration of ocean life that is sure to become a favourite with beachcombers of all ages.