Tiny, Floating Coral

Start Small, Think Big is a series that sets young readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where they really have to think big! Tiny Floating Coral starts with a microscopic coral planula floating through the Coral Sea in a soup of plankton. It is looking for the perfect place to settle, divide and grow. It finds a place on a healthy reef off the coast of Australia. Learn about this remarkable animal, how it feeds, starts a colony and becomes a part of the Great Barrier Reef - a vast underwater city where other animals live, feed, hide and bring up their young. The story's narrative progresses in a way that builds understanding, and the delicate illustrations bring the story to life. Thinking BIG, the book highlights that 25 per cent of marine life relies on the world's coral reefs, and the big fold-out map shows where they are. There is also an illustrated coral life cycle, and a Reef I-Spy to take children back into the book. AGES: 4 to 8 AUTHOR: Mary Auld is an award-winning writer of children's information books, most notably How To Build an Orchestra with the London Symphony Orchestra. Mary Auld is a pen name for Rachel Cooke, former Editorial Director at Hachette and an honorary fellow of the English Association in recognition of her work in children's non-fiction. La Scarlatte is a Dutch illustrator and pattern artist with an exquisite, delicate style and a passion for nature. She creates botanical and animal themed designs used on book covers, packaging and many beautiful products. She lives in Haarlem by the sea with her young family. SELLING POINTS: . Clear narrative text carefully written for emergent readers 4 to 8 . Primary science: the lifecycle of coral, marine food webs, metamorphosis, fluorescence, and other life processes, the role reefs play in a healthy ocean . Textured die-cut cover and fold-out gatefold . Beautiful illustrations: a blend of non-fiction realism and picture book beauty