My Thoughts:
This graphic novel-style book introduces both well-known and more obscure creatures of the deep. Factual, but not boring!

Possible Objectionable Material:
Some might object to the animals "speaking"/being anthropomorphized.

Who Might Like This Book:
Fans of undersea life. Those who enjoy the graphic novel format. I think it comes off as a bit "young" for the top end of the age range, but for those struggling readers who enjoy the format and are interested in the topic, this could be a good resource.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.
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Both fun and funny while giving a large dose of information about a variety of ocean life. Will appeal to reluctant readers as well as the kids that can't get enough of "thrilling" facts.

I enjoyed this book, it was fun, educational and entertaining too.

My boys really liked this book, but I'm not so sure about it.

Interesting quick look at various sea creatures. No in-depth information but fun for readers who like bits of information. A few frustratingly sexist illustrations and text.

This is a cool graphic novel about sea creatures and the like. It's a lot of fun.

'Sea Creatures #2: 'Armed and Dangerous'" by Christophe Cazenove is the second in this great series about undersea creatures. The series is funny and educational.

Like the last book, this one starts with a chart explaining threatened species ratings. These abbreviations are used throughout the book. Then it's on to the fish. There are parrotfish, clownfish, the mimic octopus, and others. There are crabs and sharks. Fish features like fins and bioluminescence are explained.

Each page is a one sheet gag story with a gag at the end, and in a lot of cases, an informational panel showing where the creature lives and it's extinction abbreviation. Some of the gags this time around seem a bit more mature in nature, but I think it's still fine for kids. Most of it makes me laugh and I learn a thing or two along the way.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Papercutz and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

An Excellent, and Novel, Introduction to Sea Creatures for Younger Readers

This is the second "Sea Creatures" book and follows on after "Sea Creatures #1: Reefer Madness". I enjoyed the first book in the series and decided to see if the second volume maintained the energy, interest, and suspiring range and information value of the first book. I was not disappointed.
Don't be fooled by the comic book feel and look of this. The cartoony drawings may be eyeball catchers, but they are more accurate, and specimens are more recognizable, than you might expect. There's some hokey humor, (actually, a good deal of hokey humor), but again that's a sneaky come-on that's mixed in with a lot of interesting facts and basic info. In the same vein, the covers and titles suggest it will be all Shark Madness!! and Armed! and Dangerous!, as though the only interesting stuff in the ocean is huge and predatory. But no; this isn't Discovery Channel Shark Week in a comic book. This is much more interesting, thorough and wide ranging than that.
Reflecting on the content, I ended up sort of amazed at how much the book covers. It's 56 pages. Each page, (or sometimes two), covers one topic, displaying 7 to 9 colorful panels on a page, often with a final species distribution map and fact summary in the last panel. Topics include, in no special order, cuttlefish defenses, mandarinfish aggression, leafy dragonfish, stingray hunting techniques, sponges, corals, tunicates, bioluminescence and more. There is a strong, but not dominant or overly preachy environmental message as well.

The upshot is that this book ends up being a broad survey and remarkably informative. It never loses its sense of fun, but what seems likely to be dopey fun turns into look-how-cool-this-is fun. There are lots of marine biology starter books out there for younger readers and lots of them seem to be going for a textbook-lite kind of feel. That's fine; many of those books are good and engaging. But, this educational comic book approach is very interesting, and offers a whole different way to reach and engage young readers. A nice and intriguing option.

(Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

Science can fun, especially when it is packaged in this colorful graphic novel! There are so many types of fish who come to life to show the dangers of the ocean it is an exciting read. Great graphic novel illustrations and wonderful information on home sharing and some of the ecological dangers that affect our oceans today. This book would be great for both readers and nonreaders and the subject matter is excellent!

A collection of comics featuring marine creatures that tell readers facts about themselves (or whose neighbors gab about them), and occasionally crack jokes.

This is a sneaky book. No wait, I mean that in the best kind of way. It will have readers learning real facts about real marine creatures while the readers are just focused on the silly cartoon illustrations and humorous bits. The reader is focused on the entertainment factor and the learning just sneaks in. Though the illustrations are cartoon styled, the critters are still close enough to real life that readers should easily be able to match the facts with real, live specimens they encounter elsewhere. This would be the perfect kind of nonfiction for kids who think nonfiction is boring. Also a great pick for curious kids who like ocean creatures. I’ll be adding this to my list of books to order for our middle school and elementary libraries, and I think I need to hunt down volume one of this series too.