Manatee: Amazing Facts About Nature's Gentle Giants for Kids (This Incredible Planet)

Discover the Peaceful World of Manatees!

Glide into warm coastal waters and meet one of the ocean’s gentlest and most captivating mammals!
This Incredible Planet series title combines vibrant full-color photography with engaging, easy-to-understand science to help kids ages 8–12 explore the remarkable lives of manatees. Readers will learn how these slow-moving “sea cows” eat, migrate, communicate, and help maintain the health of their aquatic ecosystems.

Inside You’ll Learn

• Built for warm waters – how manatees use their flexible lips like hands, hold their breath for up to 20 minutes, and navigate using tiny temperature changes

• Underwater gardeners – how grazing on seagrass creates feeding trails and helps maintain healthy coastal habitats

• Temperature seekers – why manatees travel hundreds of miles to warm-water springs and refuges each winter

• Life cycle & behavior – follow a calf’s journey from newborn in crystal-clear springs to independent adult

• Ecosystem role – how manatees shape seagrass beds, transport nutrients, and support marine biodiversity

• Conservation success – the story of how habitat loss and boat strikes once pushed manatees toward extinction—and how protection efforts helped them rebound

❤️ Why Kids Love It

• Full-color wildlife photography on every page

• Fun blend of real science, gentle animal behavior, and fascinating adaptations

• Highlights empathy, environmental stewardship, and ocean conservation

• Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, libraries, and young marine-life enthusiasts

Inspire young readers with the gentle story of nature’s most peaceful sea mammal—and the coastal ecosystems it helps keep alive.
Part of the bestselling This Incredible Planet series—where learning meets adventure!