Amazing Jellyfish
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Amazing Jellyfish
'The coolest book ever written about jellyfish' Animal Lovers
'As exciting and entertaining as a non-fiction book can be' Greenpeace Magazine
'A book to marvel at that ignites the desire for science' MeinBezirk.at
Dive beneath the waves with the second book in the Amazing Ocean series, which will introduce you to the strange and beautiful world of the jellyfish.
Did you know that there were jellyfish in the Earth's oceans hundreds of millions of years before the first dinosaurs? These strange and beautiful creatures are among the most ancient animals on our planet, and the deadliest too.
In this amazing illustrated adventure, you'll be introduced to many of the mind-blowing varieties of these mysterious beings in our oceans, from immortal jellyfish to jellyfish with superpowers and even some astronaut jellyfish (yes, really). Are you ready to enter their mysterious undersea world? Then let's dive in.
Series: Amazing Ocean
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781782694250
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 November 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Children's Books
Contributors:
- Translated by Oliver Latsch
- Illustrated by Michèle Ganser
- Illustrated by Michèle Ganser
- Translated by Oliver Latsch
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 195.0mm
Height: 295.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Michael StavariΔ was born in Brno in 1972 and works in Vienna as a freelance writer, translator and lecturer. He has received numerous scholarships and awards, including: LeseLenz Prize for Young Literature, Adelbert Chamisso Prize, Austrian State Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature, Children's Book Prize of the City of Vienna, German Design Award, Wartholz Literature Prize and Hohenems Literature Prize. He would have liked to be a marine biologist and now he writes children's books, novels, plays and poetry. When he's not writing books, he spends his time making nature documentaries.
Michèle Ganser was born in Aachen in 1995 and studied communication design in Aachen and Mainz. She is particularly fascinated by space, the stars and the different planets. In her illustrations, she combines exciting topics in an unusual way and thus creates completely new worlds. In her free time she likes to read - preferably science fiction novels.
Also by Michael Stavaric
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