The ROCKFISH KIDS BOOK

This is a marine biology book for kids! Learn all about two special rockfish: Yelloweye and Boccaccio. Discover how rockfish grow and change. Find out about what they eat and who eats them. Explore the different rockfish hangouts in the ocean and learn why these rockfish live in different habitats throughout their lives. This book is perfect for the young marine biologist.

Learn, explore, and enjoy this tale of two rockfish!

As you swim through the book, answer the seastar questions along the way. Seastar questions test your mermaid knowledge and help you become a super seastar marine biologist.

Written & Illustrated by: Claudia Makeyev

Funded and supported by: NOAA Fisheries and the Rockfish Conservation Bottom-up Recovery of Puget sound

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This book swims through the life cycle of two special rockfish. It presents the habitat, prey, predators and morphological changes in each life stage while teaching basic observational skills. This book is for all the little mermaids in training who love learning about the ocean and those who have yet to discover it.