Whale Fall Cafe

One medium-size whale carcass delivers as much food to the dark, cold ocean depths as 4,000 years of sinking food particles. When a dead whale arrives, the caf opens for business, and who better than Dan Tavis to show us the bizarre deep-ocean diners who show up?

Hagfish, zombie worms, sleeper sharksthis group of patrons is stranger than the denizens of the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars. A fish in a lab coat, piloting a deep-sea submersible, is our guide to the weirdly fascinating goings-on miles beneath the ocean surface.

The backmatter includes rare whale-fall photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Dr. Robert Vrijenhoek of MBARI and Dr. Craig Smith, a deep-ocean ecologist at the University of Hawaii, have helped Jacquie Sewell to ensure scientific accuracy. Color throughout

Author: Jacquie Sewell (Author), Dan Tavis (Illustrator)
Reading age: 6 – 8 years
Grade level: 2 – 6
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers (April 20, 2021)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0884488489
ISBN-13: 978-0884488484
Product dimensions: 9.4 x 0.4 x 11.4 inches
Shipping weight: 1.06 pounds