title: The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Oceans
author:  David Lambert 
description: Grade 4-6?This title updates Lambert's Seas and Oceans (Facts on File, 1985; o.p.). While the narrative is somewhat dry, the graphics, which include satellite photos, underwater shots, drawings, and reproductions, are vibrant and engaging. A depiction of what is now the Mediterranean filling with ocean water is connected by a flowing blue arrow to a dramatic image of what that massive waterfall might have looked like five million years ago. Double-page illustrations, some horizontal, some vertical, amplify the topics. The cross-sectional drawing of underwater geological formations includes ocean vessels floating on the surface, dwarfed by the natural landscape. Sometimes the collages of photographs and drawings are confusing. For example, an illustration of a coral reef includes Pacific and Atlantic species. Maps abound and show the four main oceans, the evolution of the continents, ocean currents, migration paths, voyages of exploration, major shipping lanes, and more. A listing of 40 prominent oceanographers since the 1700s and their important contributions is appended. This colorful glance at marine life is similar to Miranda MacQuitty's Oceans (Knopf, 1995), but broader in scope.?Frances E. Millhouser, Chantilly Regional Library, VA<br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # The World of Waters
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Mrs. David Osbourne
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page copyright © 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS,
  
  
  CHAPTER I.
  
  
  CHAPTER II.
  
  
  CHAPTER III.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV.
  
  
  CHAPTER V.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Produced by Wilelmina Malliere and
  
  
  Distributed Proofreaders
  
  
  [Illustration: A TROPICAL SCENE]
  
  
  [Illustration: THE WORLD OF WATERS
  
  
  
  
  
  THE
  
  
  WORLD OF WATERS,
  
  
  OR,
  
  
  A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea.
  
  
  
  
  
  BY MRS. DAVID OSBORNE.
  
  
  With Illustrations.
  
  
  1852.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS,
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  It is not my purpose to detain you with a long preface, because I am
  
  
  aware that long prefaces are seldom read; but I wish to inform you that
  
  
  I have written this book, in the humble hope of being useful to those
  
  
  in whom I am so anxiously interested. I am myself happy in
  
  
  acknowledging the endearing appellation of “Mother,” and I love _all_
  
  
  children,