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1) Coral reefs
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to coral reefs, including where they are found, how they grow, what lives in them, their importance, and efforts being made to protect and restore them.
2) Coral reefs
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the ecology and wildlife of coral reefs and islands.
3) Coral reefs
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: wondrously diverse, deeply interconnected, and critically imperiled. They sustain entire ecosystems and protect vulnerable coasts. But corals across the planet are in the middle of an unprecedented die-off, beset by warming oceans, pollution, human damage, and their own devastating pandemic. Even under stress, they are out-of-this world gorgeous, sending out warning flares in fluorescent bursts of yellow,...
7) Corals
Author
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of these tiny sea creatures, some of which build coral reefs.
8) Coral reefs
Author
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Series
Reading rainbow volume 61
Publisher
GPN
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The featured book "Dive to the coral reefs" written by Elizabeth Taynton, Paul Erickson and Les Kaufman, describes the formation of a coral reef and the many plants and animals that live in and around these underwater communities. Host, LeVar Burton scuba dives in the coral reefs off the Florida Keys where he encounters tropical fish and a variety of fascinating coral. Viewers will also meet a "reef doctor" who restores life to damaged reefs by transplanting...
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know coral reefs--some of the most colorful and lively places on Earth--and volcanoes--some of the most fiery and dangerous places--have a very interesting connection? An atoll is a coral island surrounding a lagoon. Atolls are formed when a reef grows around a sinking volcanic island. This book explores the relationship between volcanoes and reefs and the "life" cycle of a volcanic island. Full-color photographs provide readers with connections...
12) Coral
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A disagreement between Coral, Filly, and Manta, three young mermaids who work together to build and safeguard the reef that is their home, must quickly be set right.
14) Coral reefs
Author
Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains the process and materials that corals use to build reefs. This book's colorful photos, clear text, and A Closer Look feature highlight the engineering that makes this structure such a marvel and helps corals survive in the wild.
17) Coral reef
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how coral reefs are formed, and some of the many plants and animals that live there.
18) A coral reef
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to the world's coral reefs, as well as the thousands of sea creatures that live there.
Author
Series
Greetings from somewhere volume 8
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With help from their cousin Harry, eight-year-old twins Ella and Ethan discover who is illegally taking coral from the reefs near their aunt and uncle's beach house on the shore of Australia's Coral Sea.
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