Jeannie Baker, renowned the world over for her stunningly intricate collage constructions, presents another insightful ecological lesson, this time focusing her keen eye on one of the earth's last unexplored frontiers, the sea. When he loses his fish trap on the bottom of the bay, Ben fears what forms of ocean life may lurk beneath his rowboat--until Sophie introduces her reluctant friend to the hidden splendor of what he's been missing: Giant Kelp, a myriad of fish, and the colossal surprise of coming eye-to-eye with a whale! Award: Children's Books 2000-NY Public Lib.