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Abstract In recent years, with the awakening of environmental awareness and the emphasis of marine education in Taiwan, the news media constantly reported about the serious damage caused by ocean waste, and the destruction of marine ecology. The author hoped to create the ocean themed popular science picture book to promote the concept of ecological conservation, and introduce the habit of the migration of the whale sharks, the influence of marine waste, and the close relationships between human, marine life and the environment. Besides, picture books have been widely used by teachers for a long time in the classroom. They are interesting and meaningful teaching materials that help students to learn. This thesis is divided into two main parts, including literature analysis and the creation of picture book. Literature analysis explored the definition and the characteristics of picture books, the cognition of marine pollution, the impact of marine waste on marine life and the characteristics of whale sharks. This paper analyzed the three characteristics of the excellent marine picture books recommended by Taiwan Ocean Education Center in 2017. The analysis based on the theme, text and picture of the picture books related to marine education issues. The final part is the author’s personal creation of picture book. The theme of this story is about the impact of the marine waste on marine life, and the author transformed the migration of the main character, the whale shark blue into the concept as traveling around the ocean. The author tried to express the main idea of the story through the collocation of images and texts. Children can develop the correct concept of marine education after reading this picture book, and reduce the marine waste in their daily life from childhood. Through the professional selection in the marine picture books competition which was held by Ministry of Education in 2017, The Whale Shark Blue won the first place. The result of this competition showed that The Whale Shark Blue was analyzed to be an excellent picture book suitable for marine education, meanwhile the results of children’s reading tests are significant. Therefore, The Whale Shark Blue is an excellent picture book to promote the concept of marine ecology conservation.
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