The Science of Living Things series helps children understand that they are as connected to trees, rocks, and weather as the animals that live outdoors! This important series helps define the basic concept of life and investigates the incredible world of living things. Each book explores a basic scientific concept or animal using: -- easy-to-understand text -- clearly labeled diagrams -- exciting, full-color photographs The world's largest community of plants and animals is the marine biome made up of the world's oceans and seas. Amazingly, some ocean animals such as sponges are attached to one place all their life and grab their food as it passes by on the ocean current. Children will love learning about life in What is a Biome? which covers: -- forests, deserts, grasslands, wetlands, oceans and the chilly arctic tundra -- how wildlife have adapted to their biome's particular climate -- biomes in danger