Observations: I was impressed by the science part of the book. The book is divided into chapters that cover everything from how coral reefs are formed, to which animals live there, to how coral reefs and oceans are an integral part of the planet. Maris Wicks, who created the graphic novel Primates ( reviewed here) for older audiences, is the artist and author of Coral Reefs, and her depiction of the fantastic forms of life under the sea and in coral beds is inviting, charming, colorful, and funny. It's part of a new-ish series of Science Comics on a range of topics by different comics artists. (At least, until I was a bit older and discovered Larry Gonick.) If I'd had Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean I would have been thrilled. I had a pretty good collection of Charlie Brown's Super Book of Questions and Answers and a cartoon-illustrated book about science that I got at the Exploratorium, but that was about it for my collection of science comics. There wasn't nearly the selection of graphic novels or educational comics in the 1980s, though. Synopsis: First Second Books' new series Science Comics is no doubt something that I would have loved as a kid.
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