Seashells by the Seashore
Seashells by the Seashore
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Dawn Publications
Just the Series: A simply nature board book   

Series and Publisher: A simply nature board book   

Annotation: A child and her companions collect a number of seashells from one to twelve.
Genre: [Biology]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #5583022
Format: Board Book
Special Formats: Board Book Board Book
Publisher: Dawn Publications
Copyright Date: 2014
Edition Date: 2014 Release Date: 03/01/14
Illustrator: Noreika, Robert,
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: 1-584-69489-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-584-69489-2
Dewey: 594.147
Dimensions: 17 x 20 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist

Through a lyrical counting rhyme, children accompany Sue as she walks the shore, collecting seashells for her grandmother. 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. 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. 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. With each turn of the page, a new shell is discovered, identified, and displayed in the wide left margin. At rhyme's end, the text elaborates on the poem's basic facts, delivering details about each particular shell. 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.

Horn Book

In this summer beach book told in a painfully forced rhyming text, three children comb the sand for twelve unique shells as a gift for Grandma. Watercolor illustrations show a slightly varying beach scene, while the best feature of each spread is a running index of the shells in the margin. An annotated and illustrated index of shells included.

School Library Journal

K-Gr 3-In this rhyming text, a young girl accumulates a dozen shells as a gift for Grandma's birthday. Watercolor seashore vistas feature blonde Sue as she enlists her brother and his friend in finding her treasures. A vertical bar on the left side of each spread gathers the labeled collection together for viewing as the day progresses. Berkes offers ample facts in her rhymes, and gives a short paragraph of information on each type of shell on a spread at the end. Though informative, the text occasionally trails into trite rhyming pairs such as, "How the seashells glisten/In the sun that shines from heaven./Here's a bumpy Oyster Shell/So that makes seven." Noreika's detailed, realistic shell studies gracefully contrast with the misty landscapes that capture a range of unique seaside hues. While the tear-out identification card for readers to use as they roam the shore may soon be lost, young beachcombers will still be able to appreciate this lesson.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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Reading Level: 2.2
Interest Level: 1-4
Guided Reading Level: L
Fountas & Pinnell: L

Discover ten kinds of seashells in this beautifully illustrated, rhyming and counting board book for kids! Perfect for a trip to the beach, the classroom, and a gift for a granddaughter or grandson. Also available as a picture book, which counts from one to twelve! 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 shells Scallop shells Oyster shells Moon shells And more! Backmatter Includes: Information on how shells are made, and the mollusks that live inside of them Descriptions of all ten seashells found in the book


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