Book description
Water World is the stunning new book from Ben Rothery, author of Hidden Planet and Sensational Butterflies.
Life on Earth is shaped by water, and only survives here because of it, but our ocean ecosystems are at the epicentre of global warming. Framed by the need to protect our oceans,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Water World as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a beautifully laid-out big book full of realistically painted marine creatures. In addition, the illustrations are similar to the author's (Van’s) style. This gave the author a beautiful blend of realistic paintings and shorter, simpler writing. This led to Van’s book layout on his text and pictures having a great influence on his book.
The book's writing style is short, simple, yet informative.
From Van's list on seeing the South China Sea beyond geopolitics.
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