Book reviews

Staff · Issue 12, Apr/May 2003 · pp. 54–58

Products mentioned: Journey under the Sea by Linda Pitkin, Great British Marine Animals by Paul Naylor

54 Book reviews Journey under the sea by Linda Pitkin Great British Marine Animals By Paul Naylor This 48 page, slightly larger than A4 size book, is aimed at the younger reader and for the more mature book reviewer like myself, the larger typeface made for comfortable reading. Journey under the sea is lavishly illustrated with Linda’s excellent photographs from around the world and it does exactly what its title suggests. Beginning with ‘Breathing underwater’ we learn how we can explore underwater with modern scuba and snorkelling equipment and then Linda takes us on an underwater journey describing meadows, coral gardens and reefs, survival, colour, camouflague, octopus & cuttlefish, co-habiting, hidden creatures, seahorses, manta rays and reptiles. Different types of dives are described including night and muck diving and no such book would be complete without a final chapter on Seas …