Otis and Will discover the deep : the record-setting dive of the bathysphere / written by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Katherine Roy.
The suspenseful, little-known true story of two determined pioneers who made the first dive into the deep ocean.On June 6, 1930, engineer Otis Barton and explorer Will Beebe dove into the ocean inside a hollow metal ball of their own invention called the Bathysphere.They knew dozens of things might go wrong. A tiny leak could shoot pressurized water straight through the men like bullets! A single spark could cause their oxygen tanks to explode! No one had ever dived lower than a few hundred feet...and come back. But Otis and Will were determined to become the first people to see what the deep ocean looks like.This suspenseful story from acclaimed author Barb Rosenstock with mesmerizing watercolors by award-winning artist Katherine Roy will put you right in the middle of the spine-tingling, record-setting journey down, down into the deep. Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316393829
- ISBN: 0316393827
- Physical Description: 48 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Target Audience Note: | 4-8 years 620L Lexile Decoding demand: 78 (high) Semantic demand: 95 (very high) Syntactic demand: 78 (high) Structure demand: 85 (very high) Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.6 0.5 196782. |
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Subject: | Barton, Otis > Juvenile literature. Beebe, William, 1877-1962 > Juvenile literature. Underwater exploration > Juvenile literature. |
Genre: | Picture books. |
Available copies
- 22 of 23 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Little Dixie Regional.
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- 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | E 551 ROSENSTOCK (Text) | 2004206780 | Children's Area | Available | - |