Beachcombing: Exploring the Seashore

Jim Arnosky. Dutton Children's Books, $16.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-525-47104-2

Naturalist Jim Arnosky offers tips for Beachcombing: Exploring the Seashore, with which young explorers can identify different shells, crabs, jellyfish and other seaside treasures, all warmly illustrated (some life-size) by the author. With an ever-present eye toward respecting and studying nature, Arnosky explains how palm trees form and the fossilization of shark teeth, among other topics related to the ebb and flow of life on the shore.

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