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Suggestions for More Reading &
Viewing
Books about Marine Life
The Edge of the Sea, by Rachel Carson (Houghton, Mifflin,
1955)
A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical
identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of
teeming life where the sea meets the land
The Sea Around Us, by Rachel Carson (Oxford University Press,
1979)
Published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most
remarkably successful books ever written about the natural world.
The Search for the Giant Squid: The Biology and Mythology of the
World's Most Elusive Sea Creature, by Richard Ellis (Penguin,
1999)
The author tells you just about everything you'd want to know
about the giant squid, from the biologists and explorers and crypto
zoologists who have hunted for it over the centuries, and much more.
Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast: an Illustrated guide
to northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia,
by Eugene N. Kozloff (University of Washington Press, 1999)
This book contains descriptions of common plants and animals that
inhabit the rocky shores, sandy beaches, quiet bays, and estuaries
of the Pacific Northwest.
South Puget Sound: afoot & afloat, 3rd edition
(new edition due out 5/06) by Marge and Ted Mueller (Mountaineers,
1996)
This guide covers the Seattle area south, including a special
section on the Budd Bay Inlet. It is fully indexed, helpful as a
guidebook and a reference book.
Video/DVD About Marine Life
Sea Monsters: the hunt for the giant squid (video), National
Geographic Society, 1997.
This video provides some interesting information on the
never-seen-alive giant squid and the hunt for it that continues to
this day.
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life (DVD), BBC, 2002.
Extraordinary footage and eloquent narration by David
Attenborough highlight the remarkable BBC four-part wildlife series.
Finding Nemo (DVD), Buena Vista, 2003
This Academy Award winner for best-animated feature film is a
father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish,
stolen from his coral reef home. His timid father must then search
the ocean to find him. Funny and sensitive rendering of under the
water environment/neighborhoods.
Fiction and Film about Young Boys Trying to Make Sense of the
World
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel,
by Mark Haddon.
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people,
Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year old boy,
decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor’s dog and uncovers
secret information about a mother he thought was dead.
Summer of ’42 (1971) (DVD).
Three teenage friends convey the
hilarity of the awkward sexual quest and the genuine pain of growing
up. Hermie is finally united with an older woman of 22. Based on the
autobiography by Herman Raucher.
Stand by Me (1986)(DVD).
Adapted from a story by author
Stephen King, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body
of a missing boy.
This Boy’s Life: a memoir, by Tobias Wolff.
The winner of the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction writes a memoir
that brings to life the stuff of boyhood – from paper routes to
whiskey, fistfights to friendship and betrayal – and captures as
well American in the fifties. The book was made into a film in 1993
starring Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, and Leonardo DiCaprio as the
young Tobias Wolff.
Online Resources
South Sound Marine Life
(The Olympian)
With the help of three Washington State Department of Fish and
Wildlife biologists and marine educators -- Bonnie Long, Alan Rammer
and Don Rothaus, The Olympian (WA) highlights a marine
organism each week that resides in Puget Sound. Beautiful
photography.
Seattle Aquarium
See, touch and explore the amazing underwater world at the
Seattle Aquarium. Get face-to-fin with marine life and discover the
natural wonders of the Puget Sound.
Puget Sound Marine Life Photos
(King County)
This site is an online virtual photo album of Puget Sound marine
life. Underwater photographs were taken in Puget Sound by King
County Science and Technical Support staff members.
Rachel Carson
This is a "website devoted to the life and legacy of
Rachel Carson, biologist, writer, and ecologist, 1907-1964."
Marine and Shellfish Education (Washington State Department of
Fish and Wildlife
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