Tett på livet i vann (norwegian)

See underwater life like never before in this fact-filled book for the whole family! Discover images you've never seen before – stare a tadpole in the eye, or take a close look at its teeth. These unique images are magnified up to 15,000 times through a special technique. Learn how jellyfish poop and how crabs communicate. Get up close to their claws, if you dare! Did you know that crabs can smell and taste with their claws, or that some crabs can climb trees? Some shrimp even clean fish’s teeth!

Norway’s most important animal is smaller than a grain of rice, but you may not have heard of it. Incredibly, swarms of the tiny red plankton called Calanus can be so large they’re visible from space. And did you know there are animals without heads? Starfish are one of them, and while you’ve probably seen them before, never like this… There are also animals without brains, but they’re not as dumb as you might think.

Norway has the second-longest coastline in the world, and this book takes you up close to many of its inhabitants in our streams, lakes, and seas. A guaranteed family favorite!

The photos are taken with a special microscope by researcher Jannicke Wiik-Nielsen, an award-winning photographer, with texts written in collaboration with renowned nature educators Dag O. Hessen and Line Renslebråten. This beautiful fact book will captivate the whole family, featuring not only special photographs but also illustrations of frogs, fish, and crabs as we're used to seeing them.

A thrilling and educational book on an important and current topic, it takes children’s curiosity seriously.

The book is in Norwegian.