FROM THE PUBLISHER: 

Award-winning nonfiction author Melissa Stewart reveals the surprising ways seashells provide more than shelter to the mollusks that inhabit them.

FROM SARAH:

Melissa Stewart might just be the queen of nonfiction picture books, and this title is especially fascinating. A close look at the ocean floor ecosystem following the natural death of a whale, and how it sustains life on the ocean floor for another 50 years.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

This fascinating nonfiction picture book filled with stunning illustrations details the end of life for a whale, also known as a whale fall, when its body sinks to the ocean floor and becomes an energy-rich food source for organisms living in the deep sea.