Wonder animal sponge
Sponges don't just filter water. Did you know that sponges also act as the "pharmacy of the seas," contribute to reef formation, and are among the oldest living creatures on earth? The children's book "Wonder Animal Sponge" describes and illustrates the sensational sea dwellers.
The sponge as a miracle animal? Ninon Ammann, born in 1988, has written and illustrated a children's non-fiction book about these sensational animals. Ammann's book lends an exciting look at the world underwater, or as the press release from Orell Füssli Publishers puts it, "A fascinating glimpse into a life form from prehistoric times."
"Wonder animal sponge"
The book is the result of the bachelor's thesis of the young Swiss artist, who studied non-fiction illustration at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. She worked with colored pencil and pencil, and received scientific advice from Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius, who works at the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.
Every week, people all over the world go on strike for the climate. At the same time, one of the oldest creatures in the world is making its silent ecological contribution in the depths of the oceans: sponges filter water and store CO₂.
"Wundertier Schwamm" is a children's non-fiction book and part of the atlantis thema series. Over 40 pages, it provides a lot of interesting information about the origin, distribution, variety of forms and function of sponges.
www.ofv.ch/kinderbuch/detail/wundertier-schwamm/103554/
