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• National Audubon Society 

 Field Guide to Tropical Marine 

 Fishes of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

 Mexico, Florida, Bahamas, and 

 Bermuda, by C. Lavett Smith (Alfred 

 A. Knopf, Inc., ISBN 0-679-4460 1-X). 



Think you'll ever meet a stoplight 

 parrotfish supermale face to face? If 

 you're sure that you'll confuse him with 

 a redtail parrotfish supermale while 

 scuba diving in the Bahamas, take heart. 

 This Audubon Society field guide will 

 leave no doubt about the differences 

 between the two species. As with the 

 other guides in the series, this one is 

 detailed, easy to navigate and jammed 

 with gorgeous photographs and crisp 

 drawings. Some of the species covered, 

 such as hogfish and crevalle jack, range 

 as far north as North Carolina's coast. 

 This comprehensive guide includes a 

 glossary, a discussion of fish biology 

 and information about habitats. 



CREEPY 

 BOOKS 

 FOR KIDS: 



• Monsters 

 of the Deep, by 



Stewart Ross 

 (Copper Beech 

 Books, ISBN 0- 

 7613-0548-3). 



More than a 

 book about sea 

 monsters, 

 Monsters of the 

 Deep introduces 

 kids to narwhals, 

 icebergs, whales, 

 piranha, tsunamis 

 and much more. 

 Each page is a 

 collage of colorful 

 drawings, photo- 

 graphs and tidbits of interesting 



information, such as 

 myths from around 

 the world about sea 

 monsters and sea 

 gods. The book's 

 approach is to 

 illustrate fictions 

 perpetuated by 

 myths, fables, 

 literature and films 

 and then give kids 

 the realities. As a 

 bonus, young 

 readers will learn 

 some memorable 

 facts; for example, 

 more people die 

 each year from bee 

 stings than shark 

 bites. Though the 

 text only highlights 

 each subject in a 

 paragraph or two, 

 the book will likely 

 encourage curious 

 kids to search the 

 library or surf the 

 Internet to discover 



By Laighton Taylor 

 Photographed by Norbert Wu 



more about subjects from human 

 history to ichthyology, literature to 

 natural phenomena. 



• Creeps From the Deep, by 



Leighton Taylor (Chronicle Books, 

 ISBN 0-8118-1297-9). 



The befanged viperfish has a face 

 only an alien could love. The tubular- 

 eyed hatchetfish has — jeepers, 

 creepers! — peepers that can look in 

 many directions. These bizarre fish are 

 just two of the creepy deep-sea- 

 dwelling critters highlighted in 

 Taylor's book. With large, clear 

 photographs by underwater master 

 Norbert Wu, this book could spawn a 

 few nightmares in younger kids. But it 

 will surely delight school-aged children 

 with its anecdotes of life at 30,000 feet 

 below the surface. Concise yet 

 comprehensive in scope, the book 

 touches on topics from biolumines- 

 cence to submersibles to living in deep- 

 sea pressure. The text is written 

 intelligently and does not sensational- 

 ize or trivialize the subjects. Even 

 parents will want to sneak some time 

 for themselves with the book. □ 



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