Jenkins, Steve. Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the
Sea. Illustrated by Steve Jenkins. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. ISBN
9780618966363. $17.00. 40 p. Reviewer: Ruth-Anne Brown Reading
Level: Preschool, Primary Genre: Picture books; Informational
books; Subject: Marine animals--Juvenile fiction; Deep-sea
animals--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews; If you were at the
deepest part of the sea, there would be seven miles of water
over your head. This cool fact is one of many found in Jenkins’
latest picture book about the ocean and the creatures that live
in it. The book begins by showing the vastness of the earth's
water from an outer space view. In comparison, it concludes with
a close up look at the bottom of the deep ocean floor, which can
only be described as a layer of "ooze." Jenkins includes
information about animals, from the world's largest fish, the
whale shark, to small krill that travel in schools called
swarms. Deep sea shrimp living in the pitch black Click tabs to
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