Offers informative essays and factual statistics on eight distinctive marine animals, each accompanied by video-like Photicular illustrations, as well as an introductory piece chronicling a journey on a submersible. The authors who showcased and introduced their Photicular technology images in Safari offer this follow-up as a lenticular tour through the seas, featuring gorgeous integrated photography images of sea horses, sand tiger sharks, yellow-banded sweetlips and glow-in-the-dark deep-sea anglerfish. The text is a collection of eight sea animals, from the appropriately named Dumbo octopus to the creepy anglerfish, featuring each animal in an integrated lenticular photograph. This means that when the reader moves the page that the photo is on, the animal seems to move as well. Each animal entry includes a description of the creature and its habitat, and a range of fascinating facts about it. The introduction discusses the timeless lure of the sea, and recent advances in marine biology. The text will be a delight to children, and of interest to anyone who enjoys a good science picture book. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) In its extraordinary debut, Safari, introduced the world to Photicular technology. The cheetah bounded, the African elephant flapped its ears—and readers could not believe their eyes. Now the creators ofSafari take their work a step further. Ocean offers not only a refinement of inventor Dan Kainen’s Photicular technology, but a subject—undulating creatures of the deep—perfectly suited to the immersive visual pleasure of the process.Ocean is like being on a dive. Open the book, and the reader is swept into the magic of an underwater world, face-to-face with a floating Yellow-Banded Sweetlips; with a glow-in-the-dark Deep-Sea Anglerfish; with a Sea Horse swaying in balletic motion; with a Sand Tiger Shark gliding along the ocean floor, its gaze haunting, its hook-toothed mouth gulping open and closed.The text by Carol Kaufmann enchants with its descriptions of coral reefs; a journey onAlvin, the 17-ton submersible; and a meditation on our oceans. Then, for each creature, she writes a lively and informative essay, along with vital statistics—size, habitat, range, diet, and more.The Photicular process uses an innovative lenticular technology, sliding lenses, and original four-color video imagery. The result is like a movie in your hands—the dance of life in a book. A New York Times bestseller, Ocean brings readers face-to-face with undulating creatues of the mysterious seas. Each full-color, moving image brings an animal to life using Photicular technology and is accompanied by a lively, informative essay.
