The latest in Matt Robertson’s award-winning Do You Love?series takes a deep dive into the world’s oceans to introduce young readers to some of the wonderful creatures that live there and inform them about threats to the watery world from mankind. The pages on coral reefs for example, illustrates and names different types of coral, as well as the fish that live there and later the book explains the impact of warming oceans on coral reefs and the steps being taken to protect them. The page on sharks features more than a dozen different types, and will be a favourite with many youngsters, as will the page on ocean giants, which has some awe-inspiring facts and figures. Throughout, the information is presented clearly and in ways guaranteed to capture readers’ interest and the illustrations are fun but realistic. It concludes with a selection of hopeful stories of people working to protect oceans and their creatures.
Do You Love Oceans? Why oceans are magnificently mega! Synopsis
Investigate shipwrecks where scorpionfish hide, dive down to the Mariana trench to meet a dumbo octopus, marvel at ocean giants and dart in between manatees in mangrove forests to find out why oceans are magnificently mega!
Did you know lobsters keep their teeth in their tummies? Or that you can find rivers and lakes beneath the ocean? And did you know that sea stars have no brain or blood? Explore the wonders of our underwater worlds on every page, from coral reefs, sharks and the deep to shipwrecks, weird fish and frozen seas, there's so much to discover!
With fun and colourful illustrations and bursting with facts, Do You Love Oceans? is perfect for readers who want to dive down and explore Earth's spectacular seas, discover the wildlife that lives there and find out why our oceans need protecting.
Matt Robertson is the award-winning illustrator of Do You Love Bugs?, Do You Love Dinosaurs? and Do You Love Exploring?
Matt Robertson grew up in Suffolk, and spent most of his childhood drawing and creating characters. He completed his MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art in 2014, receiving a Distinction for his work. Matt was the winner of a Lara Jones Award and received second prize in the Macmillan Children's Book Prize. His first picture book, Super Stan, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Picture Book Prize and was the winner of the 2017 Dundee Picture Book Award. Matt lives with his wife and two naughty cats in Norwich.
