Maya and the Midnight Coral Spawn

Three nights after the full moon, the sea fills with drifting pink “snow.” Out on the dark water with her grandfather, Maya watches millions of tiny coral eggs and sperm rise like a glowing underwater blizzard — a secret the corals share only a few nights each year. Armed with her notebook and a moon-phase calendar, Maya forms a hypothesis, tests it against the rising tide, and discovers the real secret hidden in the moonlight. A 62-page full-color illustrated island mystery for ages 5–9 by Madison Butler, with real coral reproduction science (including how Caribbean corals use moonlight to time the largest synchronized spawning on Earth). Instant PDF download.

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