Sonderbooks Book Review of

A Journey Under the Sea

by Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck

A Journey Under the Sea

by Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck


Review posted February 17, 2024.
Clarion Books, 2022. 52 pages.
Review written March 9, 2023, from a library book.
Starred Review

The stars of this picture book are the large-format undersea photographs. Every spread is filled with color and light and undersea life.

All the pictures are taken off the coast of South Africa, and the story is a loose one of what you might find if you go for a dive. We see some animals good at camouflage, like an octopus and cuttlefish, as well as some predators like a cow shark and some pyjama sharks.

This isn't really a book full of facts for doing reports (though there are plenty of facts). It's a book to leaf through and wonder at. The enormous pictures will make you feel like you know what it's like to be at the bottom of the sea in the kelp forest.