On An Ocean Journey

ELIZABETH SHREEVE grew up in a family of writers and scientists who taught her to pay attention to horseshoe crabs, seabirds, and other wonderful creatures along the coastline. She writes books for young readers that celebrate the origins and diversity of life on Earth, including The Upside-Down Book of Sloths and The Oddball Book of Armadillos and the award-winning Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas. Learn more about her at ElizabethShreeve.com.RAY TROLL is an artist who has illustrated twelve books, including On an Ocean Journey, Sharkabet, Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, Rapture of the Deep, and Planet Ocean. He’s is honored to have a species of ratfish, Hydrolagus trolli, and a genus of extinct herring, Trollichthys, named after him. He and his wife, Michelle, live and work in Alaska, and own the Prairie Sea Gallery in Lindsborg, Kansas.

Praise for Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline"This book is a knockout blend of science and humor, featuring superb artwork, people, and stories about the West Coast of the US and its fascinating prehistory. This book will make you laugh while exciting you with extraordinary science. It revives that sense of childhood wonder about dinosaurs and other bizarre creatures of bygone days." —John Long, paleontology professor and author Dawn of the Deed"Far from a dry scientific textbook, this is a charming celebration of fossils and those who study them." —Publishers Weekly"Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline packs written and visual stories from cover to cover—all infused with a genuine passion for science and the joy of discovery." —Susan Ewing, author of Resurrecting the Shark