GOD'S LITTLE OCEANOGRAPHER

Bible passages and scientific facts combine to celebrate the wonders of God’s oceans.

Readers follow along as an East Asian child with short black hair swims, explores the shore, and pilots a yellow submersible. Cho covers the five oceans and why they’re salty, waves and currents, oceanic zones, sea creatures such as whale sharks and elephant seals, the benefits humans gain from the oceans, and our responsibility to protect them. The main text (formatted to look like verse, though it doesn’t rhyme) presents major ideas, with bolded, colored text indicating animals to find or drawing connections between the subject matter and the religious theme. When describing how wildlife in the “midnight zone” finds food without light, for instance, Cho explains that “God sees these creatures, / just as He sees you.” Biblical passages from Genesis, Proverbs, Psalms, Romans, and the Book of Habakkuk deepen the theme or loosely touch on it. Facts in a smaller font are scattered about, distinguished from the Bible verses only by font color. The cartoonish illustrations bring the wonders of the ocean to life for young children, highlighting both well-known and seldom-seen creatures. Humans are racially diverse; one child uses a wheelchair.

For curious young Christians eager to explore the deepest depths of the ocean.