Martin's parents are strapped for cash: it's going to be a budget Christmas this year. So Martin plans to buy his own presents - and attempts, unsuccessfully, to get a job. Padraic puts in a word for him with his Auntie Bridget, who runs the local butcher's shop. But her shop is struggling as the fish shop across the road undercuts her and Bridget just can't compete. No one knows how the owner, Francie Feeley, does it-- especially since he doesn't...

The author explains what happened when she was on a training swim in the ocean off the coast of Santa Catalina Island when she suddenly realized a baby gray whale was swimming beside her. Seventeen at the time, Cox knew she must help the young calf find its mother because if it followed her to shore, it would die.

A tiny fish wearing a blue hat hopes not to wake up the trouble that might be following close behind.

Lionfish may be beautiful, but stay away from their venomous fin rays! This title introduces readers to the lionfish and why and how it uses its powerful venom.

Offers simple instructions for using triangles to draw a fish.

The Rainbow Fish, with his shimmering scales, is the most beautiful fish in the ocean. But he is proud and vain and none of the other fish want to be his friend -- until he learns to give away some of his most prized possessions. El pez arco iris, con sus brillantes escamas, es el pez más hermoso del océano. Pero es orgulloso y vano y ninguno de los otros peces quiere ser su amigo, hasta que aprende a regalar algunas de sus posesiones más preciadas....

Twelve-year-old Milagros barely survives an invasion of her tiny, Caribbean island home, escapes with the help of mysterious sea creatures, reunites briefly with her pirate-father, and learns about a mother's love when cast ashore on another island.

Easy-to-understand text and spectacular photographs show Green Sea Turtles at each stage of their life cycle. Other features include food web diagrams, labeled photographs, timeline of the life cycle, migration and location maps, case studies, and much more.

A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.

A school of fish is consumed, one by one and color by color, until the littlest and last fish takes a dramatic stand.