![]() Within minutes, she’s fully clothed with water shoes donned, fanny pack secured, headlamp in place and sand rake gripped in her hand. Drawn by the same unseen force that controls the rise and fall of the sea, she begins preparing for a sacred ritual that takes place on Southwest Florida’s Sanibel Island. She quickly reaches over to quiet the sound of her alarm and sits up on the edge of the bed, illuminated by the full moon shining through the bedroom window. when a ringing sound pierces the air, reverberating in Rachelle Ogle’s eardrum like a sonic boom. Includes two full-page tear-out sheets of all twelve kinds of shells for kids to take with them (only available in the paperback edition).Also available as a board book, which counts from one to ten!Follow along with Sue and her friends and she picks up shells and carefully adds them to her bucket as a birthday gift for her Grandma! As Sue collects new shells, each one appears on along the side of the page, so kids can keep count.But be careful-there may be a mollusk still living inside a shell! Sue and her friend release a mollusk back to the ocean when they find it still inside of its home.Kids will learn about an assortment of seashells, including:Kitten's paw shellsScallop shellsOyster shellsMoon shellsAnd more!Backmatter Includes:Information on how shells are made, and the mollusks that live inside of themDescriptions of all twelve seashells found in the bookTwo full tear-out pages (only available in the paperback edition) of the pictures of shells that kids can take with them to the beach!.0 Shares The thrill of the hunt brings treasure seekers to Florida’s Gulf coast. Discover twelve kinds of seashells in this beautifully illustrated, rhyming and counting book for kids! Perfect for a trip to the beach, the classroom, and a gift for a granddaughter or grandson. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Ellen MandelĬopyright © American Library Association. A seashell identification chart completes an instructive shell hunt that children will enjoy even if they can't feel the sun on their backs or sand between their toes. At rhyme's end, the text elaborates on the poem's basic facts, delivering details about each particular shell. With each turn of the page, a new shell is discovered, identified, and displayed in the wide left margin. It's along the shore that sea birds prowl alongside Sue, among the large, rough boulders and between the feathers, driftwood, and other ocean debris caught in tangles of dried seaweed and rocks. The strongstroked watercolor art subtly educates, depicting not only the traditional sweep of wide, clean, swimmers' beach but also the rougher edges of the shore. The rhythmic lines reinforce numbers 1 through 12, while describing individual shells and explaining what shells are and how they came to be on the sandy shore. Through a lyrical counting rhyme, children accompany Sue as she walks the shore, collecting seashells for her grandmother. ![]() This is the fourth book he has illustrated. He has always loved to comb the beaches and hike in the woods, and now he does so with his wife, Chris, and seven year-old daughter, Sarah. He attended the Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut and has his studio in an Arts Center in Avon, Connecticut. The illustrator, Robert Noreika is a watercolorist with a passion for nature and art. Living near the ocean, Marianne enjoys swimming, boating and walking the beach, where she often picks up beautiful shells to add to her collection. Seashells by the Seashore is her third book. She also visits local schools where she presents special storytelling programs about the books she has written. ![]() "Miss Marianne," as the children at the Palm Beach County Library know her, enjoys telling stories about animals and nature. Formerly an early childhood educator and children’s theater director in New York, Marianne Berkes now lives in Florida where she is a children’s librarian.
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