Written by: Emily Hawkins
Illustrated by: Lucy Letherland
For ages: 7 years and up
Language: English
Topics Covered: STEM, Nature, Natural World, Scientific Thinking, Discovery.
Summary: This book is part of a larger set of atlas’ by Quarto as part of their Wide Eyed Editions books, focusing on curiosity and learning. This is the only book in the series that we’ve seen (we won this in a giveaway) but the other books look amazing too! We love to feature nature and science books as part of our beliefs that everyone can be a scientist, despite there sometimes being a single example of what a scientist is. The world is an amazing place that needs diverse explorers and scientists to help solve life’s mysteries and to protect our precious natural resources and wild animals.
This is a massive book jam packed full of oceanic knowledge and adventure inspiration! The entire book is beautiful and organized, with a helpful contents page at the beginning and an index at the end. The illustrations make us want to grab some flippers and hop on into the water, searching for otters and whale sharks to befriend! The atlas also does a lovely job of explaining the wonders of the aquatic world, and where they are in the world. Lots of information is on the pages, but it doesn’t overwhelm the illustrations which are the star of the show here. This is a great coffee-table book, and a must-have for the burgeoning marine biologist on your life!
There is even a “Can You Find?” section in the back right before the index! There are a bunch of animals to seek out through the entire book, making another activity for readers.
About the Author & the Illustrator:
Lucy Letherland is an illustrator based in London, UK. She graduated from Manchester School of Art in 2011 with a First Class BA (Hons) in Illustration with Animation. Lucy’s work is strongly led by humour and narrative, creating a playful graphic quality. She uses a mix of hand-drawn and digital techniques to produce lively illustrations filled with detail.
Emily Hawkins is a children’s author who loves making complicated things easy to understand. She has written books about all sorts of things, from cars, trains and ships to dinosaurs, magic tricks and mathematics. She co-wrote the Atlas of Animal Adventures (illustrated by Lucy Letherland), which won the Children’s Travel Book of the Year Award in 2016. Emily has also written several titles in the internationally popular Ology series, which has sold over 16 million copies worldwide. She holds a first-class English degree from Nottingham University, and lives in Winchester, England, with her young family.
