DK Eyewitness Books: Seashore [Hardcover]

Steve Parker (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: DK Eyewitness Books

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Here is an original and exciting new look at the fascinating natural world of the seashore. Stunning real-life photographs of crabs, 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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Topnotch nonfiction. The full-color, striking photographs, placed on the page to give startling reality to the subject at hand, are supplemented with crisply written narrative and detailed captions. A veritable treasure trove of information."--Booklist.   --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Topnotch nonfiction. The full-color, striking photographs, placed on the page to give startling reality to the subject at hand, are supplemented with crisply written narrative and detailed captions. A veritable treasure trove of information."--Booklist. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 72 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN (August 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756607213
• ISBN-13: 978-0756607210
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #74 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Nature > Water

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where sea meets land, September 30, 2008

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Judy K. Polhemus "Book Collector" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DK Eyewitness Books: Seashore (Hardcover)

The seashore is at the edge of the land going out to sea. Yes, but, it is also that exact meeting point of the sea and the shore, the feminine and the masculine, the yin and the yang, water and earth. Not meaning to get mystical, but doesn't the seashore strike you that way? Perhaps that's why we have the myth of Poseiden and mermaids. Perhaps that is why life teems at this meeting of land and sea.

"Eyewitness Seashore" shows the reader how water meets shore and how water shapes that shore. Evidence of high tides, low tides, and rock composition can be read in the sides of standing rocks and cliffs across the planet where water meets shore.

Algae, limpits, barnacles, kelp, oysters--all thrive right at the edge of water. Do you know there are seaweed forests underwater in some parts of the world?

Then just a few inches further landward and a whole new line of life emerges: the seashells. Then come the tide pools filled with all manner of life, including fish.

Now we're back into the sea to discover the anemones, so many kinds. Then come the jellyfish and corals and the spiny-skinned creatures. And the borers and builders and crabs and lobsters. Now Eyewitness takes us to the birds perched on ledges overseeing the seashore. Cormorants, puffins, and there are squid and sea otters and finally, man as beachcomber and preserver, historian and artist.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just Okay., September 11, 2007

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RainyMom (Washington State, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness: Seashore (Hardcover)

This book isn't as good as I had hoped it would be.

While there is a lot of information, and the book might appeal to an older child (perhaps a 10 year old?) who really loves tidepool creatures, this isn't a good book for younger children. Many of the pictures have a dull, yellowish or brownish look to them, unlike most DK books. There are also a lot of decorative drawings that just aren't that great. Most of the creatures shown look unfamiliar to me, so I'm guessing that they are from the Atlantic Ocean. My children were dissapointed not to see a single purple starfish, the most common thing they see at the seashore. Perhaps Atlantic sealife just lacks color, but I'm betting that the pictures are showing their age.

5.0 out of 5 stars Seashore (DK Eyewitness Books), August 31, 2008

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debbie (Massachusetts usa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: DK Eyewitness Books: Seashore (Hardcover)

My family and I spend our summer weekends boating and exploring the shores of islands in Narragansett Bay (RI). We see many things and my 7 year old son asks questions I don't always have the answers for. This book helps us identify what we are looking at and gives us a brief dessciption of each. We love this book. We also bought Oceans (DK Eyewitness Book).