• Here’s my read-aloud of Flying Deep with musical accompaniment by Jeff Angeley of Southcoast Lessons in New Bedford, MA.

  • Fantastic 360 degree view inside ALVIN’s sphere.

    I advise you click through to here: https://kuula.co/post/7qp3n Then you can click and drag to look around. (It doesn’t work well once embedded here).

  • WHOI’s Dive and Discover. https://divediscover.whoi.edu/hydrothermal-vents/

    Interactive content to help you teach about ALVIN and hydrothermal vents. Includes information about vent animals, the anatomy of giant tube worms, and videos with scientists.

  • My Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/mcusolito/flying-deep/

    includes loads more resources, including related books. I add to it whenever new resources cross my radar.

  • Illustration Video. (below)

    Shows how artist Nicole Wong created one of the gorgeous illustrations for Flying Deep. Her website includes additional information including early sketches. https://nicole-wong.com/published-books/flying-deep-page/

Resources for Using Flying Deep in Writing lessons.

  • Writing mini-lesson (below)

    This lesson help writers add more sensory details to their work. (Emphasis is on sound). I share examples from FLYING DEEP, offer a couple of exercises, and highlight how other authors (April Pulley Sayre, Maria Gianferrari and Minfong Ho) have used sound in their books.

  • Author Kirsten W. Larson discusses how Point of View (POV), present tense, lyricism, structure, etc. work together to put young readers in the seat of the Alvin deep sea submersible. Includes suggestions for applying these lessons to your own writing.