THE WORLD WITHOUT FISH
Book ID/图书代码： 14560010B39688
English Summary/英文概要： Mark Kurlansky, beloved author of the award-winning bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, offers a riveting new book for kids about what’s happening to fish, the oceans, and our environment, and what, armed with knowledge, kids can do about it.
Written by a master storyteller, World Without Fish connects all the dots—biology, economics, evolution, politics, climate, history, culture, food, and nutrition—in a way that kids can really understand. It describes how the fish we most commonly eat, including tuna, salmon, cod, and swordfish, could disappear within 50 years, and the domino effect it would have—oceans teeming with jellyfish and turning pinkish orange from algal blooms; seabirds disappearing, then reptiles, then mammals. It describes the back-and-forth dynamic of fishermen and scientists. It covers the effects of industrialized fishing, and how bottom-dragging nets are turning the ocean floor into a desert.
The answer? Support sustainable fishing. World Without Fish tells kids exactly what they can do: Find out where those fish sticks come from. Tell your parents what’s good to buy, and what’s not. Ask the waiter if the fish on the menu is line-caught And follow simple rules: Use less plastic, and never eat endangered fish like bluefin tuna.
Interwoven with the book is a 12-page full-color graphic novel. Each beautifully illustrated chapter opener links to form a larger fictional story that complements the text. Hand in hand, they create a Silent Spring for a new generation.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 沒有魚的海洋！妳知道什麼魚是該買？什麼是不該買？ 生活中常食用的魚類，例如：鮪魚、鮭魚、鱈魚、劍魚等，五十年內可能會消失，而這情況將使海水中產生大量的水母。此外，因赤潮（又稱優養化）海水逐漸變成淡粉橘色。慢慢地，海鳥消失，再來是爬蟲類，最後就是哺乳類。漁夫和科學家們稱為：「反覆循環動力。」這種循環會覆蓋生態運作，將影響漁業，最終使海底變成沙漠！
而有什麼不破壞生態平衡的解決之道嗎？答案是有的！暢銷作家Mark Kurlansky在World Without Fish一書中，綜合生物學、經濟、環境、氣候、歷史、文化、飲食以及營養等層面，以孩子們容易理解的方式教導孩子認識海洋生態，告訴孩子們，他們可以怎麼做。透過孩子告訴父母，什麼是該買？什麼是不該買？當然！最簡單的守則：少用塑膠。不吃瀕臨絕種的魚類。(Vincent)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Mark Kurlansky is a former commercial fisherman and New York Times bestselling author of Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster, and other books. He’s won numerous awards, including the James A. Beard Award, ALA Notable Book Award, and New York Public Library Best Books of the Year Award. He lives with his wife and daughter in New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts. His website is www.markkurlansky.com.
Frank Stockton is an artist and illustrator whose work has appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Mark Kurlansky，曾當過漁夫，出過幾本暢銷書，包含紐約時報暢銷書《鱈魚》（Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster）等，也因此獲頒過許多大小獎項，如有餐飲界奧斯卡詹姆斯‧比爾德食品寫作優秀獎（James A. Beard Award）、美國圖書館協會推薦書目獎（ALA Notable Book Award）及紐約公眾圖書年度最佳好書奬（New York Public Library Best Books of the Year Award）等 。目前與妻子及女兒住在美國紐約。
Format:全彩四色
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