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Safari Beneath the Sea: The Wonder World of the North Pacific Coast
by Diane Swanson
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · 720L (~4th grade) · 58 pages · 1994
Why we'd hand it over
A rigorous, illustrated field guide that treats kids like real naturalists—predator-prey relationships included, vocabulary is unflinching, and the North Pacific specificity keeps it from feeling generic.