Which sea creature is the greatest? Sometimes bizarre looking deep sea creatures are highlighted with a description of what makes them the most amazing sea creature. The reader follows pages with detailed images of The Vampire Squid, who turns itself inside out to hide it's blackness with the added ability to create incredible bright colored lights to lure prey, the Box Jellyfish who has the deadliest venom and has no brains, backbone, lungs or gills and has 24 eyes to help find prey, and then there is the barreleye fish who rotates their green eyes to spot prey. The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea is an interesting blend of informational text and argument writing, where each creature makes the case for why they should be chosen "the most amazing creature."

The reader is challenged to select the most amazing creature. Each page consists of a paragraph that argues why that animal is the most amazing. The reader is left to decide at the end of the book.

This book showcases the diversity and distinctness of remarkable sea creatures, teaching students about diversity, ecological significance, and the beauty any mystery of the world under the sea.

Use in a study of the sea. Use to inspire children about marine biology and the life that exists below the sea.

Activity: Have each child choose 1-3 of the creatures and do a diagram of the facts they learned about each.

As always, the combination of the writing of Brenda Guiberson and the lush illustrationhs of Gennady Spirin create award-winning books time and time again.

In this book, very interesting, sometimes bizarre looking deep sea creatures are highlight with a description of what makes them the most amazing sea creature. The reader follows page after wonderfully detailed images of The Vampire Squid, who turns itself inside out to hide it's blackness with the added ability to create incredible bright colored lights to lure prey, the Box Jellyfish who has the deadliest venom and has no brains, backbone, lungs or gills and has 24 eyes to help find prey, and then therre is the barreleye fish who rotates their green eyes to spot prey.

There are 16 double page spreads which any curious child would find fascinating.