Diving to a Deep-Sea Volcano by Kenneth Mallory (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2006)
series: Scientists in the Field
genre: Non-fiction, oceanography
age: 11 years +
honors: none
review: Scientists dive deep into the ocean to find many odd creatures living a mile below the sea’s surface. In the cold, darkness scientists have found 95 percent of the active volcanoes on earth, and the poisonous hydrothermal vents. The vents create a bizarre home to animals like the tubeworms, rattails, ghostly crabs and many others.
opinion: This book follows scientists into the abyss in their submarine to explore the deep sea. Many people don’t realize that this is home to the majority of the earth’s volcanoes and hot spring vents. The scientists were shocked to find animals where they couldn’t imagine anything being able to survive. In addition to finding living creatures, the scientists found that the conditions actually caused growth spurts on the creatures.
ideas: The abyss holds more than angler fish, and kids who are interested will be fascinated with the creepy things also living in the deep.
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