The art is lovely, and the scientific concepts are well-explained for upper elementary students.

This book talks about how plants use energy, and the process of photosynthesis. It then talks about how food chains work, and how organisms use different organisms to feed and grow and live off one another. It discusses how everything is connected. It then goes into talking about the ocean and how the ocean is apart of food chains too. It discusses the plants that grow in the ocean, and how this feeds into the rest of life in the ocean. It talks about how the outside of the ocean plays along in the life of the ocean. It talks about big organisms and small organisms and everything in between. This book is great for a variety of ages and can be very beneficial for students to understand the relationship between ocean life and shore life, and how these work together, as well as the bigger picture that everyhting living is connected in a way. ( )

It is an information book because of it talks about photosynthesis and the separation of oceans. It continues to talk about the food chain in the ocean and how it starts at the bottom.

However, I don't think it is a good book for students to read because of the illustrated is boring. ( )

Genre: Informational
Summary: Explains the ocean food chain starting with sunlight being used for photosynthesis in plankton.

In my opinion, this book is a fascinating and informative book that was enjoyable. One of the things I liked about this book were the illustrations. They were detailed but looked so simple and pleasing. They fit well with the text, especially emphasizing key information, and helped with the flow of the story. I also liked how the author organized the information in a way that was easy to read and entertaining while providing a lot a good information in a clear way. There was a lot of information to take in, but the author knew how to arrange it so it didn’t seem like you were reading an article or a page out of a textbook. Overall, the general idea of this book was to inform readers about the sunlight, how it helps the plants not only on land, but in the water, grow; and about the depths of the sea life. Also, discussing how we’re an important part of the food chain and just simply breathing in and out helps keep the earth going.