 Oceans (revised edition)
Oceans, by Trevor Day, is a truly remarkable book. … [The author’s] vast literary experience certainly shows in this book. Each subject … is covered in succinct prose. … I would very much like to teach an undergraduate marine science course out of this text.’
AAAS Science Books & Film 27 June 2008
Any library with a science reference section will want this book as a simple but sophisticated guide to oceans, oceanography, and the role the sea plays in our lives.
American Reference Books Annual 27 March 2008
 Whale Watcher
The guide is a useful and eminently pleasant primer to the taxon Cetacea – the whales, dolphins, and porpoises. I gladly recommend this book to general readers who want to know how, where, and when to watch these lovely mammals of the seas.
Bernd Würsig, Texas A & M University
The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 82, 2007
Recommended by BBC Wildlife magazine (September 2007).
Responsible watching is stressed in this comprehensive, thoughtfully assembled reference book, aimed at one of the fastest-growing tourist activities in the world.
Wildlife Conservation
A beautifully produced book. An introductory chapter covers many aspects of whale biology, behaviour and conservation. The subsequent chapters then deal with each worldwide species, including identification features and where to watch them. Very informative and good value.
British Trust for Ornithology News
Anyone who has ever seen a whale or dolphin in the wild will want to have Whale Watcher.
Jodi DeLong, Halifax Chronicle & Herald, Canada
Trevor Day ... has produced an exceptional book that will satisfy the most ardent fan of whales and whale-watching. ... Whale Watcher is both highly educational and fun to read. Highly Recommended.
Elizabeth Larsen, Canadian Materials for Libraries (University of Manitoba)
Youch!
 The book is an American Library Association's 2001 Young Adults final nominee, on the Longfellow Media Center Birthday Book Wish List (Fall 2000), and winner of the Fifth Annual Wilde Award for consistency in series and recipient of a Children's Media Award 2000, Non-Fiction Book Award. In the UK, Youch! was shortlisted for the English 4-11 Picture Book of the Year 2000.
My 9-year-old's favourite book of all in this set was Youch! It Bites, a photographic foray into the world of things that harm humans. The pictures, some close-ups, some with a scanning electron microscope, are fantastic, and the book is full of accurate information.
Sandra Knapp, Natural History Museum, London, in Nature, 30 Nov 2000
Previously an Achuka Choice, this is an imaginatively designed book which gives prominence to some fantastic close-up photography by concealing the bulk of the information behind flaps. The author is an expert in the sphere of natural history and environmental issues. Highly recommended.
Achuka Children's Books UK
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