Reef and Rainforest

Reef and Rainforest
Author: Michael McCoy
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0643102124

Reef and Rainforest is a photographic portrayal of marine and terrestrial life in one of the world's most biodiverse regions – the tropics of north-eastern Australia, together with the South Pacific nations of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The photographs were taken over a period of more than 30 years while the author was living in the Solomon Islands and northern Australia. They depict life on the coral reefs, in the rainforests and in adjacent tropical savannahs. From detailed macro studies to sweeping scenics and aerials, the photographs are impressive for both their technical/compositional expertise and the unique insight they provide into the behavioural nuances of marine and terrestrial wildlife. Almost all the wildlife images are of free-living, non-posed subjects, photographed as they were encountered. Along with the stunning photography, the detailed and reflective captions are drawn from the author’s experiences. Reef and Rainforest conveys the richness and diversity of the natural world with maximum visual impact.

A Reef in Time

A Reef in Time
Author: J.E.N. Veron
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2008-01-31
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780674026797

Like many coral specialists fifteen years ago, Veron thought Australia's Great Barrier Reef was impervious to climate change. Then he saw for himself the devastation that elevated sea temperatures can inflict on corals.

Where the Forest Meets the Sea

Where the Forest Meets the Sea
Author: Jeannie Baker
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1988-05-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0688063632

My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years," Jeannie Baker's young protagonist tells us, and we follow him on a visit to this tropical rain forest in North Queensland, Australia. We walk with him among the ancient trees as he pretends it is a time long ago, when extinct and rare animals lived in the forest and aboriginal children played there. But for how much longer will the forest still be there, he wonders? Jeannie Baker's lifelike collage illustrations take the reader on an extraordinary visual journey to an exotic, primeval wilderness, which like so many others is now being threatened by civilization.

Australia

Australia
Author:
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2010
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0756660823

Each information-packed page is splashed with enticing photographs of the people, animals, deserts, and ocean vistas that make the country Down Under famous the world over. Full-color maps and at-a-glance tables make it easy to sort through dining and accommodation choices.

Over in the Jungle

Over in the Jungle
Author: Marianne Berkes
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2007-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1584691689

Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around jungles like butterflies that flit, parrots that squawk, and sloths that creep. Explore the world around you, and inspire a bond with nature through curiosity and wonder! Parents, teachers and gift givers will find: a book filled with baby animals from jungle habitats. educational backmatter about this habitat and the animals that live there. a nature book to explore new and beautiful habitats! The creative art will inspire many projects at home and at school! Kids will explore the jungle habitat and learn about baby animals like boas, dart frogs, and more creatures around the jungle habitat in this bestselling book for young explorers!

A Neotropical Companion

A Neotropical Companion
Author: John C. Kricher
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 506
Release: 1997
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780691009742

Widely praised, "A Neotropical Companion" is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there. 177 color illustrations.

Charley Harper's What's in the Coral Reef?

Charley Harper's What's in the Coral Reef?
Author: Zoe Burke
Publisher: PomegranateKids
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780764968464

Simple, rhyming text introduces individual fish and other creatures of the coral reef as seen in Charley Harper's illustration, "The Coral Reef," which is shown as a whole on a fold-out page at the end.