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Come explore the sea. At the Seafloor Café by Leslie Bulion profiles unusual sea creatures like the snapping shrimp, the leopard sea cucumber and the narwhal through poetry. Through elegant and sometimes quirky word choices, these poems describe how these creatures catch prey, evade predators and protect their young.

The book boasts a diverse range of poetic forms, including free verse, couplet, triolet, haiku and cinquain. A glossary, notes on the poetic forms and a list of resources make this book a valuable classroom tool, while the poetic variety and the fascinating subject matter make this a great book for exposing young people to poetry in a non-threatening fashion.

The hard lines of linoleum block prints provide stark illustrative contrasts with the all-blue page backgrounds.