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. Books in the series: 9781916780071 Fluffy, Flying Seed 9781739774882 Little, Brown Nut 9781739774875 Small, Speckled Egg 9781916780033 Tiny, Floating Coral 9781916780101 Small, Sparkling Raindrop 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
About the 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 creates delicate hand-drawn botanical and animal designs. Her detailed compositions are used for advertising, packaging, textiles and books. She lives in the Netherlands with a curious toddler, an Italian partner and a red-haired cat.
Kirsten Golding, Dr Sally Keith and Dr Lisa Boström-Einarsson experts in coral reel systems from around the world advised on the book.
Review :
There is so much to learn and enjoy packed into each of these books, showing how essential high quality non-fiction texts are for young children to feed and inspire their natural curiosity about the world around them. The fact that these also offer plenty to interest older children- and adults- make them perfect for sharing and encouraging discussion with others.
These books are delightful and really need to find a home in every primary school.
A fascinating and extremely informative series.
The life cycle of coral is complex and quite different from that of creatures with which children may be more familiar. Auld has done a good job of explaining coral simply and building young readers’ understanding of their life cycles. A final four-page foldout includes a map and a diagram of the life cycle. Scarlatte’s accurate, detailed images deserve careful attention; the drawings and maps and their clear labels add to the information value of this clever presentation. Educationally sound and engaging.
And from the moment a child opens the stunning cover of this new book, with its alluring peep-through hole, they will be transported to the world of coral reefs, a habitat which is under the most urgent threat from climate change, and where they will learn a host of fascinating facts.
Following a tiny coral planula, this book gives an insight into the interesting life of coral as it becomes a part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The illustrations would attract younger children however, the non-fiction aspect would also interest older children (and adults).
