{"product_id":"one-ocean-a-journey-beneath-the-waves-9781536242959","title":"One Ocean: A Journey Beneath the Waves","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This ­factual and life-affirming book celebrates our ocean and reminds us to keep it healthy and wild.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe renowned creators of \u003ci\u003eOne World: 24 Hours on Planet Earth\u003c\/i\u003e follow up with a lyrical book exploring the wild wonders of the sea--and how the oceans of our big blue planet converge as one, teeming with life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo children and their grandmother discover a \"sea heart\" on the beach: a smooth, round bean the size of one child's palm, which has traveled the world on the Gulf Stream's current. The trio traces the bean's wondrous journey on a map--through seagrass meadows brimming with turtles and tiger sharks, coral reefs, underwater mountains traversed by whales, and kelp forests bobbing with seals--until it washes up, a full year later, on their rainy beach in Scotland. Narrative nonfiction at its best and most beautiful, this companion to \u003ci\u003eOne World\u003c\/i\u003e from zoologist Nicola Davies and award-winning artist Jenni Desmond is a fluid, well-researched story about the way currents connect us all to the vast ocean that colors our planet blue. Tackling, too, the global impact of humans on the ocean--especially the perils of plastic--the book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eemploys fascinating facts, gentle urgency, and specific conservation success stories to point a wise and hopeful path forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicola Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.51h x 10.01w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536242959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicola Davies\u003c\/b\u003e is a zoologist and an award-winning author whose many books for children include \u003ci\u003eOne World: 24 Hours on Planet Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, also illustrated by Jenni Desmond, as well as \u003ci\u003eGrow: Secrets of Our DNA\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Emily Sutton; \u003ci\u003eThe Day War Came\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb; and \u003ci\u003eRide the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Salvatore Rubbino. She lives in Wales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenni Desmond\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eOne World: 24 Hours on Planet Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, also by Nicola Davies, as well as \u003ci\u003eJoy \u003c\/i\u003eby Yasmeen Ismail, \u003ci\u003ePuffin \u003c\/i\u003eby Martin Jenkins, and \u003ci\u003eOn the Night of the Shooting Star \u003c\/i\u003eby Amy Hest, among others. She lives in East London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Nicola Davies \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48719976759453,"sku":"9781536242959","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_79ea937d-43ad-4651-862b-ec7267e911c1.jpg?v=1785313352","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/one-ocean-a-journey-beneath-the-waves-9781536242959","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}