A Is for Australian Reefs

Description

A new dive into fascinating facts from best-selling, multi-award-winning author/illustrator Frane Lessac. Along the coastline of Australia, underwater reefs are bustling with the most amazing sea creatures living on the planet! A deep dive into the biodiversity of Australia's remarkable coastline from sharks to octopuses to dolphins and manta rays and seahorses - and the most famous reef of all - the Great Barrier Reef.

Frane Lessac is an author and illustrator of international renown, having nearly fifty children's books published throughout the world. She was born in the USA and lived on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, as well as in London, before moving to Australia.Frane loves to travel and create books based on her worldwide journeys. She has contributed her distinctive paintings to many critically acclaimed children's picture books including, The Legend of Moondyne Joe which won the West Australian Premier's Children's Book Award, and Simpson and His Donkey, a CBCA Honour Book that was also selected as a USBBY Outstanding International Book. In 2019, We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, written by Traci Sorell, was awarded the Robert F. Sibert Honor Book Honor medal, the Orbis Pictus Honor Book medal and the Boston Globe Horn Book Honor medal.

Throughout this brightly illustrated book are amazing facts easily accessible for middle grade readers but also perfect as a read aloud for younger readers. * ReadPlus * ...in this stunning new book, Frane Lessac takes the young reader on an alphabetical journey to meet some of those inhabitants. * The Bottom Shelf * This bright and cheerful information picture book is a companion volume to Frane Lessac's A is for Australia and A is for Australian Animals. It contains facts not just about our coral reefs such as the Great Barrier Reef but also about fringing reefs, patch reefs and atolls * Reading Time *