Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere

Contributor(s): Rosenstock, Barb (Author), Roy, Katherine (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780316393829

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Hardcover

$18.99

Pub Date: June 5, 2018

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2017031532

Lexile Code: 0620

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 08

Physical Info: 0.40" H x 11.90" L x 9.40" W ( 1.10 lbs) 48 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000196782 ( Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere)

Reading level: 3.60

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Rosenstock and Roy reveal the suspenseful, little-known true story of engineer Otis Barton and explorer Will Beebe, who dove into the ocean inside a hollow metal ball of their own invention called the Bathysphere on June 6, 1930, determined to see what the deep ocean looks like. Full color.

Review Quotes: A Bank Street College Best Children's Book of 2018

An ALA Children's Notables List Selection 2019

A National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Children's Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12
A National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Best STEM Book

A Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Selection 2019

Green Earth Book Award Longlist 2019

CCBC Choices 2019

A National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Recommended Book
A New York Public Library (NYPL) Best Book for Kids
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2018

A 2018 BCCB Bulletin Blue Ribbon Title