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DK Eyewitness Books
Seashore
Not only are seashores a popular muse for painters, the stretching seashore is also home to millions of creatures, from crabs and sea lions to sea urchins and puffins. Stunning real-life photographs of lobsters, tide pools, fish, seals, seabirds, and more offer a unique "eyewitness" view of life on the seashore. See a starfish on the move, how a sea urchin disguises itself, a sea anemone catch a prawn, the inhabitants of a tide pool, and fish that change color. Learn how a limpet grips the rock, how a crab grows a new leg, how a prawn becomes invisible, how seabirds catch fish, and how a sea otter sleeps at sea. Discover how long seaweed can grow, why hermit crabs live in secondhand shells, which shells bore holes in solid rock, where a puffin lays its eggs, and much, much more.
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.
72 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Steve Parker
1,336 books86 followersSteve Parker is a British science writer of children's and adult's books. He has written more than 300 titles and contributed to or edited another 150.
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor. He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late 1980s. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Parker is based in Suffolk with his family.
Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award.
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor. He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late 1980s. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Parker is based in Suffolk with his family.
Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award.
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May 3, 2020
This is a beautiful book, for all ages.
May 8, 2015
Seashore, by Steve Parker is a great nonfiction book to teach your kids about the seashore. This book has things about the living things on shore, or under the sea. It is fun to read and helps you learn about it at the same time. I read it and it taught me stuff I didn't even know about. I rated this book 4 out of 5 stars because it was a good book and I liked it. I would recommend this book for all ages.
January 26, 2014
Compact but stuffed with great illustrations, science information, and hands-on things to try. My son's outgrown it, so it's going to his school's library.
March 18, 2022
This is a 63-page book full of colour, photos, and drawings. This is such a wonderfully informative book about the plants and animals that live close to the shore.
Contents:
The World of the Seashore;
Shaping the Shoreline;
The Holdfast Habitat;
Shells of the Shore;
Gripping the Rock;
Inside a Tide Pool;
Tide-pool Fish;
Flower-like Animals;
Tentacles and Stings;
Stars of the Sea;
Borers and Builders;
Hard Cases;
Unusual Partnerships;
Disguises;
Life on a Ledge;
Feeding by the Sea;
Visitors to the Shore;
Beachcombing;
Preserving Our Shores.
Contents:
The World of the Seashore;
Shaping the Shoreline;
The Holdfast Habitat;
Shells of the Shore;
Gripping the Rock;
Inside a Tide Pool;
Tide-pool Fish;
Flower-like Animals;
Tentacles and Stings;
Stars of the Sea;
Borers and Builders;
Hard Cases;
Unusual Partnerships;
Disguises;
Life on a Ledge;
Feeding by the Sea;
Visitors to the Shore;
Beachcombing;
Preserving Our Shores.
August 3, 2020
My libraries copy has a different cover but I think it's the same book. There are not as many animals in this book as the other ocean books I've used in lessons (only starfish,crabs, lobster, seal are large). This book has large or detailed photographs of seaweed, anemones and shells etc. Each page is a different type of thing found on the shore, which makes it not the best book for my coral drawing lesson, but would work still if I didn't have more specific books on coral.
October 5, 2017
A pretty book. Not too useful, but full of full color pictures.
February 28, 2018
Fantastic non-fiction book about the seashore. Awesome illustrations and pictures. The cover is amazing.
March 22, 2019
OK I know these are supposed to be kid books but they are awesome! Great pictures and just enough text to make you want to learn more. Great choices for a beginning history reader or to start an older reader out in a new area. Every time I pick one of these up and read it I learn new things. Highly Recommended
July 19, 2014
My 9 year old son found this book very interesting, it gave us a nice evening together looking at all the facts.
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December 15, 2013AR Quiz No. 17241 EN Nonfiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1.0
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Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1.0
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April 26, 2017April Book Report
The Seashore
Steve Parker
In the eyewitness book series, the Seashore provides many facts about what goes on towards land. Things that are in a Seashore can range from rocks to plants to animals. Plants and animals that are held in seashores are seaweed, starfish, blennies, gobies, anemones, sea urchins, and crabs. Sometimes, certain animals need each other to live. For example, parasitic anemones grow on hermit crabs. The anemones feed off of foot that the hermit crabs drop, and while anemones are made to sting like a jellyfish, the crabs don't get harmed. The anemones protect them in certain ways. There are many more factors to seashores, but these are some of the basic ones.
One theme of this book that every body should understand is that seashores are broad and very unpredictable. This is because animals in the shores are different than everyday animals we see everyday. For example, sea urchin lurk in little burrows near or on rocks. This is a type of animal that doesn't just walk on land and pass by. Seashores are also unpredictable because of plants in it. For example, anemones "wave" their stingy tentacles around. Like the sea urchins, anemones can be found near seashores, and don't pop up on shores just like that.
The Seashore
Steve Parker
In the eyewitness book series, the Seashore provides many facts about what goes on towards land. Things that are in a Seashore can range from rocks to plants to animals. Plants and animals that are held in seashores are seaweed, starfish, blennies, gobies, anemones, sea urchins, and crabs. Sometimes, certain animals need each other to live. For example, parasitic anemones grow on hermit crabs. The anemones feed off of foot that the hermit crabs drop, and while anemones are made to sting like a jellyfish, the crabs don't get harmed. The anemones protect them in certain ways. There are many more factors to seashores, but these are some of the basic ones.
One theme of this book that every body should understand is that seashores are broad and very unpredictable. This is because animals in the shores are different than everyday animals we see everyday. For example, sea urchin lurk in little burrows near or on rocks. This is a type of animal that doesn't just walk on land and pass by. Seashores are also unpredictable because of plants in it. For example, anemones "wave" their stingy tentacles around. Like the sea urchins, anemones can be found near seashores, and don't pop up on shores just like that.
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