A fact-filled picture book about the life cycle of coral, with fold-out map of the world’s coral reefs (ages 4-8)

Start Small, Think Big is a primary-science picture book series that takes young readers from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where they need to think big! Tiny, Floating Coral is about the remarkable life of coral as it becomes a part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef - the largest coral reef ecosystem on Earth. With a fold-out map.

Follow the story of a tiny coral planula floating through the ocean looking for the perfect place to settle and become part largest coral system in the world – the Great Barrier Reef.

This book will feed the curiosity of the youngest of readers who are:

• keen to know how the world works
• fascinated by nature 
• enjoy learning new information

The story is carefully written for children learning to read, with additional factual captions for more advanced readers. 

And here’s the WOW-factor – a large fold-out map of Australia at the end with diagrams and a fun I-Spy game to take children back into the book to find and identify animals in the pictures.

Tiny Floating Coral is part of the Start Small, Think Big series of science-based picture books:

• Aimed at children aged 4 to 8
• Covers KS1 primary science subjects that children learn at school 
• High-quality educational content, beautifully illustrated

Tiny, Floating Coral explores the life cycle of coral and the coral reef habitats that are under the most urgent threat from climate change. The book explores what coral is, how it grows, the different species, and how they form underwater cities teeming with life. It shows their importance to marine biodiversity and the threats that they face from the effects of global warming and non-native species. 

Each book in the series is set in a different habitat and part of the world:

Small, Sparkling Raindrop (Southeast Asia/wetlands and the water cycle)
Small, Speckled Egg (polar regions and the life cycle of an Arctic tern)
Little, Brown Nut (Amazon rainforest and the life cycle of a Brazil Nut tree)
Tiny, Floating Coral (Great Barrier Reef and the life cycle of coral)
Fluffy, Flying Seed (meadowlands and the life cycle of a dandelion)
Small, Shiny Dung Beetle (African savannah and the life cycle of an insect)

Build your own life cycle library with this series, a brilliant addition to any home or school bookshelf. 

Printed on FSC paper from sustainable forests.