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World Oceans Week Digital Resources

June 8, 2020

The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness https://virl.overdrive.com/media/2844571
Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History https://virl.overdrive.com/media/5431897
How to Give Up Plastic: A Conscious Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time https://virl.overdrive.com/media/4003099
The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Towards a Greener Future https://virl.overdrive.com/media/2298934
A Whale for the Killing https://virl.overdrive.com/media/859901
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories https://virl.overdrive.com/media/470769

RBdigital Magazines has a couple of issues focused on oceans.

For kids: Discover Science series: Discover Oceans

Issue date: 2015

For adults: Save Our Seas (Save Our Seas Foundation Magazine)

Issue date: 2019

Oceana: Our Planet’s Endangered Oceans And What We Can Do To Save Them, Ted Danson https://vancouverislandbc.rbdigital.com/book/9781452621463
Sharks! Strange and Wonderful, Laurence Pringle, Juvenile Nonfiction https://vancouverislandbc.rbdigital.com/book/9781490610467
The Founding Fish, John McPhee, https://vancouverislandbc.rbdigital.com/book/9781449886868
The Whale: In Search Of The Giants Of The Sea, Philip Hoare, https://vancouverislandbc.rbdigital.com/book/9781400195718
The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring And Conserving Our Natural World, Jacques Cousteau, https://vancouverislandbc.rbdigital.com/book/9781400126088
Moby-Duck: The True Story Of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost At Sea & Of The Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists & Fools Including The Author Who Went In Search Of Them, Donovan Hohn, https://vancouverislandbc.rbdigital.com/book/9781461832379