“The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau” is a book by Dan Yaccarina. It is a biography of Jacques Cousteau who loved the water and loved exploring. He was badly hurt in an accident and turned to swimming to become stronger. He also loved tinkering with things. His friend gave him some swim goggles which changed his life. He found ways to take pictures of the water and loved doing things that seemed to be impossible. He had a big boat that was the set for his TV show. He filmed the first fully underwater film ever. The people who watched to movie loved it and wanted to see more, so Jacques made a diving saucer for them. Cousteau explored the antarctic waters and was fascinated. Cousteau wanted to colonize the ocean but people needed the sunlight to live. Cousteau was the global ambassador for the oceans and made 50 books and 2 encyclopedias. Cousteau found coral reefs in the Australian coast. He also found a shipwreck near France that was carrying wine, but the wine was bitter. Cousteau explored the ocean and defended the ocean. He started a society that educated people on the ocean and that helped the cause a lot.

I really liked this book as it connected with my experiences like that field trip in Grade 6 to the beach. Jacques Cousteau wanting to colonize the ocean reminds me of Elon Musk wanting to colonize Mars.

All in All this was a book that was really good and taught me a lot.