Otis and Will discover the deep : the record-setting dive of the Bathysphere / written by Barb Rosen...
Otis and Will discover the deep : the record-setting dive of the Bathysphere / written by Barb Rosen...
Otis and Will discover the deep : the record-setting dive of the Bathysphere / written by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Katherine Roy.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Call Numbers
CL/0478 , GQ 2019/0269
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"A biographical account of engineer Otis Barton and naturalist Will Beebe's record-setting descent into the deep ocean in their Bathysphere craft, making the men the first humans to witness deep sea creatures in their natural habitat"-- Provided by publisher.
The little-known true story of the first deep dive into the ocean. One June 6, 1930, engineer Otis Barton and explorer Will Beebe dove into the ocean inside a hollow metal ball called the Bathysphere. They knew dozens of things might go wrong. A tiny leak could shoot pressurized water straight through the men like bullets! A single spark could caus...
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Full title
Otis and Will discover the deep : the record-setting dive of the Bathysphere / written by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Katherine Roy.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
Audience note
620L Lexile
Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 80 (high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 80 (high) Lexile.
Contextual Information
Awards
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
BCCB Blue Ribbons: Nonfiction, 2018
Chicago Public Library Best Informational Books for Younger Readers, 2018
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Recommended Book, 2019
New York Public Library Best Books for Kids, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018...
Date Copyright
©2018
©2018
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
CL/0478 , GQ 2019/0269
Record Identifier
74VKVBPGOjE3
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBPGOjE3
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780316393829 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0316393827 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
551.460922
MMS ID
991024237618902626
