The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep? by Jones, Meghan
The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep? by Jones, Meghan

The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep?

Between four and seven miles deep, the ocean--where pressure is one ton per square centimeter--evokes both mystery...
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Author: Meghan Jones
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep? by Jones, Meghan

The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep?

$21.54
The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep? by Jones, Meghan

The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep?

$21.54
Author: Meghan Jones
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Between four and seven miles deep, the ocean--where pressure is one ton per square centimeter--evokes both mystery and misunderstanding; accessing these depths is challenging to human exploration. Our fear of this dark unknown often conjures images of monsters of the deep, especially in the minds of children. Based on current scientific observations and studies, this book demonstrates that reality can be more fascinating than the wildest imagination all while traveling from the shore to the deepest of ocean trenches. Along the way it introduces children to twenty of the most unusual creatures to inhabit the oceans, including bone-eating worms, supergiant amphipods with expanding stomachs, snails made of iron, worms that eat chemicals and even hagfish who can suffocate on their own slime. This book will excite a new generation of ocean explorers who can take their piqued interest and become a much needed movement for deep ocean stewardship.

Author: Meghan Jones
Publisher: Muddy Boots
Published: 09/01/2026
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.81h x 9.85w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781493091027
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/2026 pg. 115

About the Author
Meghan Jones has a BFA in Fine Arts with extensive experience in drawing, painting, photography, and textiles. Meghan has a deep love for science nonfiction and the ocean, including all of its unusual creatures, that can be traced back to obsessively reading a Coaelecanth book when she was in grade school. She has four intensely curious children and has spent the better part of sixteen years exhaustively explaining ideas to them--she truly believes that children are the hope of the future and should have access to all the same information that adults do. Meghan is the author of Adventure Cables: Brave New Stitch Crossings and 19 Knitting Patterns (Stackpole Crafts). She lives in Spokane, Washington.
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