Description
Dive deep with Science Comics: Whales, a new and exciting volume of First Second's nonfiction graphic novel series! Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic-dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! In this volume, Zip, an enthusiastic beaked whale, is eager to share everything he can about whale pods by broadcasting his very own undersea podcast! He will travel across the global ocean interviewing a diverse assortment of whales and dolphins about their amazing behaviors and habitats, as well as their interactions with the human world. Can this one small whale tell the story of the whole ocean and the interconnectivity that affects us all?
Dive deep with Science Comics: Whales, the latest volume of First Second's middle grade nonfiction series!
About the Author
Casey Zakroff is a marine ecophysiologist (he studies how animals' bodies function and interact with their environment), researching how stress impacts marine invertebrates. He has a PhD in biological oceanography from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), which he was working on when he wrote Science Comics: Whales, his first graphic novel. Pat Lewis is a freelance cartoonist/illustrator who lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife and two cats. His artwork has appeared in magazines such as Highlights for Children and Boys' Life, as well as books by Workman Publishing, Macmillan, and McGraw-Hill.
Book Information
ISBN 9781250228390
Author Casey Zakroff
Format Hardback
Page Count 128
Imprint First Second
Publisher Roaring Brook Press
Series Science Comics
Weight(grams) 370g
Dimensions(mm) 223mm * 159mm * 15mm
Dive deep with Science Comics: Whales, the latest volume of First Second's middle grade nonfiction series!
About the Author
Casey Zakroff is a marine ecophysiologist (he studies how animals' bodies function and interact with their environment), researching how stress impacts marine invertebrates. He has a PhD in biological oceanography from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), which he was working on when he wrote Science Comics: Whales, his first graphic novel. Pat Lewis is a freelance cartoonist/illustrator who lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife and two cats. His artwork has appeared in magazines such as Highlights for Children and Boys' Life, as well as books by Workman Publishing, Macmillan, and McGraw-Hill.
Book Information
ISBN 9781250228390
Author Casey Zakroff
Format Hardback
Page Count 128
Imprint First Second
Publisher Roaring Brook Press
Series Science Comics
Weight(grams) 370g
Dimensions(mm) 223mm * 159mm * 15mm
