Engaging and informative, this is a lovely read and excellent resource to dip back into. Perfect for any child with an interest in wildlife/nature.

A great all round book for children who would like to discover more about our vast oceans. Very thorough with vibrant illustrations, packed with facts.

Fun Book of Ocean Facts and Features

This is a very fun book jam-packed with all sorts of information about the world's oceans. It's intended for tweens and early teens. As you might imagine, the book starts by looking at the oceans themselves as well as the major seas; the author gives us facts like size and depth as well as information about particular features (like underwater vents and volcanoes) and even some history (did you know Magellan named the Pacific Ocean?). It also looks at the different levels of the ocean, including the types of sea creatures present at each level as well as how we explore them. The author also includes information about tides, currents, and ocean preservation as well as ocean-related catastrophes in the making, like tsunamis and hurricanes. If you have a child who is interested in the ocean or your family is planning to visit the beach soon, this could certainly provide lots of fun detail and spark curiosity.

This book is absolutely packed with fun and interesting information. We loved reading this, a few pages at a time, and then linking the information to a fun craft or activity to make it even more fun. The illustrations really make the book lovely and even more engaging. Overall, this is a great book, for all ages, but is best for 5+, unless you are reading it to your child, like we did. (Ada is 2 and loved it).

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This book is a fantastic resource for any library and will certainly be a handy book to have during geography projects!

The book starts out naming the oceans and giving facts and information about each ocean even down to how they got their names.

I can't think of anything that could have been included in this book that wasn't already and the illustrations are beautiful and really compliment the book.

I learnt so much from this book that I didn’t already know so children will certainly learn from it, plus each section of the book isn't heavily written about which makes reading it, absorbing it and learning from it a joy.

I was impressed by the beauty and great amount of information provided in this book. A great addition to a homeschool library and great for all ages Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my digital review copy.

This is such a cool book! I learned a lot of this book. Also, the illustrations are really well done. This is the perfect book for kids who want to learn more about the ocean. It has the perfect balance of a good amount of information, but not that there is an overload of it. It's very entertaining, and even as a (almost) adult I wanted to keep on reading this book, which is rare for a non-fiction book for me. Would recommend for anyone!

A really good ocean atlas for younger readers. Sometimes books call themselves atlases then don't cover enough information to really count BUT this is not one of those!

This Ocean Atlas covers all aspects of the the ocean and each section has enough information to really make it worthwhile. It is strictly scientific but still very approachable, bright and easy to understand. The illustrations and color keep everything light and fun and I would certainly encourage this for all young readers with an interest in the ocean. This is a great atlas to have for schools and libraries. I find this ocean atlas to be VERY valuable! From the deep ocean to the the light zone (yay plankton!) there is so much to learn from this gem!

A fascinating book about oceans with infographic maps, colorful illustrations and photos. I enjoyed reading the book. It was like a fun dive in the ocean of informations regarding oceans.

This guide to the oceans (and all the fun things you find in there) is AMAZING! I can't say enough about the beautiful pictures/graphics and facts. This was easy to share with both of my children, but I would encourage a parent to be present, for children under 8-10, as it is a lot process on their own.

I would absolutely love a physical copy of this book, so we can continue to read through it and revisit some of the oceans/animals.

Thanks for this copy!

A middle-grade non-fiction all about sea, oceans and what happening underneath and around them. I love these kinds of books, because despite being almost 30, I found myself learning a couple of new things. It's wonderfully illustrated and covers a whole wide range of topics in a way that children would understand and easily forget after finishing the book. highly recommended.

I thank Netgalley and QEB Publishing for the digital ARC.

Such a cool book! We are going to order a paper copy. I see myself using this for homeschooling curriculum for years! Excellent material, great illustrations and very interesting facts,

Immediately what drew me to this book was it's beautiful cover and illustrations. It is a good text to picture ratio and is well organized with a table of contents and glossary. The glossary is a great addition, as well.

As a scuba diver myself, I think this would be a great book to get kids interested in the sport and also the oceans and all of their creatures.This seems like a great resource for a child's library and I intend to add it to ours. I would love if there were others like this.

Thanks to the author Tom Jackson, the publisher QEB, and Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a brilliant colourful book all about the ocean. I liked how full of information this book is, its split in to different sections about different parts of the ocean. Children will really enjoy this book because it is so informative. Thank you for the opportunity to review this book.

Ocean Atlas by Tom Jackson was beautifully illustrated. My daughters loved the colourful, bright and informative pages.

On first glance this book might be a bit intimidating as the sheer amount of knowledge is incredible however, mixed in with brightly coloured and informative images the book is well thought out. I was pleasantly surprised to read about the volcanoes and their part in the ocean.

I would recommend this to any young child with a love for the ocean and a thirst for knowledge. This book would also be brilliant in schools and also for adults who wish to learn more.

I’d like to thank Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group – QEB Publishing for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is oa.png
If you're anything like me you know will LOVE books that allow you to say... "did you know...?" I have always been a huge fan of non-fiction books that are colourful and allow the reader to engage without churning out lists of facts like some sort of robot, and here we have exactly that! A non-fiction book for children aged between 6-12 which is colourful, filled to the brim with facts and also explains a lot about our planet and it's most important resource: the ocean.



What I loved...
More than anything I really enjoyed looking at the pictures when I was reading this. I know that a few people may roll their eyes at that but I do think children's books should be colourful and illustrated well. Ocean Atlas delivers this in a vibrant and exciting way and allows for the reader to explore different elements of our oceans and seas. This is also paired up with short bursts of facts which will hold the attention of any reader - from those who are having the book read to them to those who have become independent readers!



What I'd like more of...
As much as I loved the colour and the illustrations, this book does lack some photographs which I think would help younger readers understand and picture real things. For example it is difficult trying to explain and show what certain marine life looks like but pictures would help with this.


All in all I really enjoyed this book and loved that it has so many different topics to talk about and well as touch upon marine conservation and the importance of looking after our seas. I great book to add to a childrens library.

This book will be published 18th August 2020 - pre-order it here.
4/5 Stars - read it again and again!
This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is paperbackbex4-1.jpg

A vibrant, colourful celebration of oceans and seas around the globe. Filled with fascinating facts, scientific terminology and fun creatures of the deep, this book will expand your horizons to see what is under all the water on our planet.
Maps, distances and depths are all recorded as well as facts about explorers discovering lands, shipwrecks and important geological features. Learn about the Mariana Trench, Magellan and submarines that explore the depths.

My children and I pored over every detail in this book and there is plenty to look at on each page. A remarkable book and one I suspect will be very popular.

Packed full of tons of information about the oceans and much more! Recommend to any one who’s children enjoy learning about oceans or anything relating to that. You can learn so much by reading this book and there is also lots of great pictures and illustrations included.
Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group – QEB Publishing for a copy of this advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is a really fabulous book, beautifully written and illustrated. Perfect for the library and classroom....I shall be ordering copies.

Ocean Atlas: A journey across the waves and into the deep by Tom Jackson and illustrated by Ana Djordjevic is a book for elementary and early middle school aged students that does a great job in providing an overview of many different ocean topics, such as geography, currents, ecosystems, ocean layers, hurricanes, tsunamis and conservation. Each page is perfectly balanced with a beautiful background illustration and the well organized, fact boxes will not overwhelm students. The chapters are structured so they build upon each other providing more in depth information the farther into the book you get. The glossary in the back makes it very student friendly. It is a fantastic reference book to have in your library and will draw students into the exciting world of oceanography.