I love this book! I love the cover, I love the illustrations inside, I love the contents and the explanations. This kind of book is my cup of tea, I wish I had a kid to show this book. As an adult, I still enjoy reading this book, because it explains marine life in a fun way. And for sure it is easy to digest. Back to my school days, I often not interested in this topic because my textbook was so boring, For teachers or parents perhaps you want to get this one to educate your kid.

I chose this book because I have a young son that absolutely loves ocean life. I loved the cover with its cartoonish drawings, that were cute and age appropriate. The illustrations really made this book pop for me. I loved how colorful, bright, yet simple and accurate the images were. They were made to be enjoyed by both kids and adults, in my opinion. Another favorite of mine was how this extended beyond just different ocean life. It talked about landforms, where water comes from, anatomy. It was scientific, accurate, yet made you feel like you were reading an educational book for a kid. Highly recommend and absolutely loved it.

I very much enjoyed my time reading and learning from this wonderful book.
When I was 12 my dream was to become a Marine Biologist, 12-year-old me would’ve regarded this book as a favorite and furthered my love and curiosity of the ocean. 24-year-old me adored this just as much and will be doing further reading based on the bibliography.

Wonderful facts, gorgeous drawings- I highly recommend for any parents or educators whose kids have an unquenchable thirst for the ocean!

4 stars

**ARC provided by Storey Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

What a book!! Take a deep div into the unimaginable world that exists under our majestic and magical realms that our oceans are. This book makes for a great read for anyone who is interested in knowing about oceans (obviously!) but it also makes a great one for anyone who loves learning facts. Hats off to Julia Rothman for coming up with the fantastic illustrations that do not intimidate a young learner bt encourage her to explore more. The book is one of those which are made to be savoured at ease. Its a book you would want go back to for fact checking, referencing, or just for the pictures.

Topic wise it covers everything and anything that has to do with these mighty water bodies ranging from why the water is salty in an ocean to the anatomy of fish to sea cucumbers, corals, shells, ice, glaciers to impact of fishing to lighthouses.

This book is amazing, with beautiful illustrations and amazing information. I am in love with the series and we actually own two of the books from this series.

The Ocean Anatomy is a treasure to discover with our kids and develop new questions about the world we live in. I will for sure buy the hardcopy for my sons as soon as possible.

FTC disclosure: I would like to thank Storey Publishing for providing me with an advance reader copy via access to the galley for free through the NetGalley program.

This was a fantastic book! With beautiful illustrations, easy to read, yet adorably stylistic fonts, and organization/layout that was on spot on with fascinating facts about all the various ocean animals, terrain, types of sand, waves, and the anatomy of the beach. It even included interesting tid bits about differences and impact of fishing methodology, types of lighthouses, and ocean vessels.

It was very well-thought out. And just when I thought the book and all the comprehensiveness it covers was over, there were well-worded ocean statistics, cute little surprise "in the news" newspaper clipping illustrations, and recommended reading at the end!

I'd highly recommend it for personal and public libraries and for all ages, children through adult! I am looking forward to sharing this one during story time!

I was looking forward to reading this book but sadly enough I couldn't get the ebook to work so I couldn't read this book. I only saw some pages, which I did really like.

Absolutely stunning book! Thoroughly enjoyed this and will be purchasing a copy for our Library! Thanks for the approval.

This book is so diverse, its absolutely lovely. As a person who once wanted to become a marine biologist, this was very neat. the illustrations are colorful and bright and detailed. The pages are short but packed with information. They break down every aspect of the ocean from its color, its salinity and even to what lives inside. What causes it to move what controls the tides and many more things. I would love to have a copy of this on my shelf at school.

Ocean Anatomy is a wonderful little book that is so informative and interesting. I love the way the information is presented and the illustrations are lovely. I found out all sort of interesting things by reading this and I love that it can be just as helpful and intriguing for adults and children alike.

What a great book this is, beautifully written easy to read and understand with fabulous illustration. Very informative, there was heaps I did not know about our oceans and the creatures that populate them.
In fact this is one of those amazing books that appeal to all age groups, and can be read and appreciated by all..
This is one book that I would certainly buy for my grandchildren and my grandmother, it has that sort of charm and sense adventure.
Absolutely love it.

This book was absolutely adorable while being extremely informative about the ocean and the creatures that live in it. I know it was meant for kids, but this adult found it very charming!

Wow, what an awesome book. As I read and especially having finished the book, the immense mystery and wondrous world of the oceans became even more majestic and frightful. A great read for anyone who has any interest (that should be everybody).

I absolutely loved this book. The illustrations are beautiful, and the content is comprehensive and fascinating. The book begins with the anatomy of the ocean itself, then covers the many, many species of plants and animals living in and around the ocean - including humans. The different ocean environments are covered too - several of the chapters focus on particular ecosystems. The diagrams are so clear and informative throughout, and every page is swarming with the beautiful and lively illustrations. At the end there’s a bibliography and recommendations for further reading.

I would have loved this book as a child, and I love it now too. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in our oceans, and the life therein.

I was given a free copy of this book. My opinions are my own.

Ocean Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of the World Under the Sea is an illustrated nature notebook, and the fourth in Julia Rothman’s Anatomy Series - following Farm Anatomy, Nature Anatomy, and Food Anatomy.

Divided into eight chapters, Ocean Anatomy’s marine topics include ocean chemistry, bioluminescence, bubble-net feeding, polar ben dens, migration, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. There’s lots of popular wildlife: penguins, sharks, sea otters, shorebirds, and jellyfish, and lesser known species as well: chimera, sanderlings, the nightmarish pelican eel, and strange creatures from the midnight zone.

The text is short, clear, and informative; the vocabulary rich. Frazil, nila, bathymetry, galeaophobia, spyhopping - that the book cherishes such terminology is one of its delights. The sting from any possible information overload is removed by the jaunty wonkiness and accessibility of Rothman’s sketches. The clean lines and simple colouring reinforce the text and keep it appealing page after page. I loved it! Stand-out illustrations include the kelp forest, the shell identification page, the lobster buoys, and the wallpapers which divide each section.

Ocean Anatomy will certainly appeal to children, teachers, and parents - but there’s enough detail in this annotated sketchbook to interest adults as well, particularly those living near the seaside; divers and snorkelers, and anyone with an interest in the natural world. Sketchers and those who bullet journal may find inspiration here as well.

I read the whole book in one delightful sitting.

Beautifully illustrated book that describes and explains some very unique parts of the sea, its creatures and our world. I will recommend this to my Marine Ecology teacher here in a high school--I am sure she will be entranced by this wonderful book!

This book was beautiful and very informative! My 5 year old was drawn in by the pictures and this book really held her attention.

Filled with great facts and thoroughly researched this book weaves together the facts to turn an interesting tale of a wonderful topic into a must read.

Introduction to a number of animals and plants. Good for those who have an interest in the ocean. The places they live in, the types of species. More visual than writing. Great for visuals.

Almost perfect*

This is a solid overview of the ocean environment that should appeal to both visual and book learners. Done in a very friendly format mix of text and colorful doodlesque-pictures, one could read a little or a lot at a time. It's also a book that does a nice job of transcending an age target. I'd comfortably give this to a nine-year-old who was interested in the ocean, but equally, I plan to buy and re-read it myself as an ocean primer. As a swimmer and a snorkeler, much of my information on the ocean has been picked up in a hodge-podge of areas, so I think a solid overview is worth the investment.

The sections include:
1. The ocean: why is it salty, the speed of sound, trade winds, the ocean floor, tides, currents, waves
2. Fish: food chain, bioluminescence, fish anatomy, schools, shark anatomy, jellyfish anatomy, deep sea creatures
3. Whales: anatomy, size comparison, bubble-net feeding, dolphins, echolocation, species, manatees
4. Beaches: sand, tide pools ecosystem, shell anatomy, seaweed, shore birds, ocean birds, crab anatomy, snails and scallops
5. The depths: ocean floor, sea cucumbers, fishes, hunting, octopus, squids, lobster, starfish, anemones, turtles, migrations
6. Reefs: zones, polyps, coral, fish support, the Great Barrier Reef, sea horses, sponges, grasses, nudibranches
7. The arctic: ice, glaciers, icebergs, sea lions and seals, narwhals, penguins, polar bears)
8. Humans and the sea: low and high impact fishing, lighthouses, studying the ocean, studying the sea, sea commerce, climate change, good news.
It also includes a bibliography and recommended reading.

Some of the material is strictly fact presentation (with pictures) that might appeal to readers who like numbers, or who do not already have an appreciation of scale. For instance, the two pages on 'Oceans' describe the maximum depth of each ocean and a fun fact or two.
"Atlantic Ocean: covers 20 percent of the Earth's surface
*slowly growing outward...
*average depth 11,000 feet."
However, it isn't just a litany of numbers. There's description as well, such as how sand can be made of coral, volcanic rock, quartz or seashells, with drawings that illustrate how the textures and sizes differ. Charts are interesting, such as the one that compares types of seashells, or types/sizes of whales and types of dolphins.

Rothman clearly understands that part of the draw of the ocean is its animals, and significant space is devoted to the classic favorites (whales, dolphins, penguins, sea horses) as well as some more unusual and fun creatures (sea cucumbers, nudibranches).

The pictures enable potential intimidating sciencey-stuff (tides, world current flow) seem accessible. The text and mix of information types makes the pictures, and what could be just an encyclopedia of creatures, be more contextual and less overwhelming. Overall, an extremely well done book that I'll look forward to seeing in print.


*my one caveat is that the text--probably in an effort to be fun and add variety--is occasionally in cursive. it's the least readable of the variety of the fonts in this book, not only because it's cursive, but it's a couple grades above physician-level-cursive. I also had to laugh when I saw it, because the State of WI government just had a dust-up over whether or not to mandate schools include cursive writing in their curriculum.

**I'll come back and add pictures after I buy and after publication date


My thanks to NetGalley for the ARC, and to Fran for reviewing and bringing it to my attention.