Gibbons, Gail. creator text nyu New York Holiday House 2007 1st ed. monographic eng

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32 pages : cololor illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm. Marine biologists believe coral reefs existed 400 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Today this active environment is home to about 20,000 kinds of brilliantly coloured corals, plants, and animals-more sea creatures than are found anywhere else in the world. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is so large that astronauts can see it from outer space... Q 920 Lexile Q Raz-Plus juvenile by Gail Gibbons. Coral reef ecology Juvenile literature Coral reefs and islands Juvenile literature QH541.5.C7 G53 2007 577.7/89 DLC 061114 20230803135026.0 1139 eng