Format:
Book
Author:
Hawkins, Emily, author.
Title:
Oceanology : the true account of the voyage of the Nautilus by Zoticus de Lesseps, 1863 / [Emily Hawkins and A.J. Wood, writers ; Wayne Anderson ... [et al.], artists].
Edition:
First US edition, 2009.
Publisher, Date:
Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2009
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.
Summary:
What if a sixteen-year-old assistant traveled aboard the storied Nautilus, the narwhal-shaped submarine of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? And what if he were the sole survivor of the ill-fated voyage and went on to relay his adventures to a certain . . . Jules Verne? Find this brave young man’s own account in the lavishly illustrated Oceanology, a tale of an 1866 voyage of discovery that investigates diving bells and shipwrecks; coral reefs and ice canyons; sharks, giant octopi, and luminous sea monsters; underwater volcanoes, and even the legendary island of Atlantis.
Target Audience Note:
Suitable for age 6 and up, Candlewick Press.
Series:
Ologies
Ologies.
Subjects:
Underwater exploration -- Juvenile fiction.
Submarines (Ships) -- Juvenile fiction.
Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction.
Diaries -- Juvenile fiction.
Toy and movable books -- Specimens.
Genre:
Sea stories.
Other Author:
Wood, A. J., 1960-, author.
Anderson, Wayne illustrator.
Other Title:
True account of the voyage of the Nautilus
Notes:
Presented as a scrapbook with liftable flaps, stuffed envelopes, and other attached or detached items. Front cover includes a porthole cut-out over a 3-D picture of an octopus on the title page.
LCCN:
2009009795
ISBN:
9780763642907 (hardcover)
0763642908 (hardcover)
Other Number:
259265704
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
417705
Call Number:
HAWK
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
1
# System items in:
1