Where is the Great Barrier Reef?

Titre
Where is the Great Barrier Reef?

Nico, Medina

Sommaire
"In this Where Is? title, kids can explore the Great Barrier Reef is big enough to be seen from space but made up of billions of tiny living organisms. The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system. Stretching more than 1,400 miles, it provides a home to a wide diversity of creatures. Designated a World Heritage Site, the reef is suffering from the effects of climate change but this fascinating book shows this spectacular part of our planet." -- Publisher's web site.

Great Barrier Reef

Date de publication comme intervalle
2016

Where is

Description matérielle
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Table des matières
Where is the Great Barrier Reef? -- Islands from hilltops -- The first reef people -- Coral -- Creatures of the Reef -- Rain forests and sea grasslands -- The unknown south land -- "Save the reef!" -- Timelines -- Bibliography.

Terme de vedette-matière
Coral reefs and islands.

Terme géographique
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.).

Vedette secondaire auteur
Hinderliter, John.

Résumé
"In this Where Is? title, kids can explore the Great Barrier Reef is big enough to be seen from space but made up of billions of tiny living organisms. The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, is the world's largest coral reef system. Stretching more than 1,400 miles, it provides a home to a wide diversity of creatures. Designated a World Heritage Site, the reef is suffering from the effects of climate change but this fascinating book shows this spectacular part of our planet." -- Publisher's web site.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780399542398
 
9780605954649
 
9780448486994
 
9781338235708

Informations de publication
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
awâsis waciston578.77 MEDBook30161000184501Non-Fiction