"The Secret Bay offers young readers a charming introduction to one of earth''s most important ecosystems. Lively, kid-friendly illustrations and rhyming text draw in younger nature lovers, while well-chosen sidebars and back matter satisfy the curiosities of budding scientists."
- Sneed. B. Collard III, author of Firebirds, and A Platypus, Probably,
AWARDS: *Moonbeam Silver*, *John Burroughs Association Riverby 2016 Award*
Estuaries form where river meets sea and fresh water mixes with salt. Teeming with life, these places of salt marshes, mudflats, and tidal backwaters serve as nursery areas for oceangoing fish, migratory stopovers for shorebirds, and homes for an amazing diversity of snails, bivalves, fish, mammals, horseshoe crabs, fiddler and blue crabs, terrapin turtles, plankton, and many others, all of whom we meet in the pages of this delightful book.
Estuaries form where river meets sea and fresh water mixes with salt. Teeming with life, these places of salt marshes, mudflats, and tidal backwaters serve as nursery areas for oceangoing fish, migratory stopovers for shorebirds, and homes for an amazing diversity of snails, bivalves, fish, mammals, horseshoe crabs, fiddler and blue crabs, terrapin turtles, plankton, and many others, all of whom we meet in the pages of this delightful book.
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Estuaries
are the bays where rivers meet the sea—where fresh and salt water mix and
mingle. And oh, what wonders are stirred up there! The salt marshes and
mudflats may not seem dramatic at first, but look more deeply and you’ll find
an amazing variety of plants, animals, and things going on. Some of the
organisms are beautiful, some are bizarre, and all of them are superbly adapted
to an estuary’s unique environment.
The Secret Bay uses the poetic voice of the
estuary itself to share its secrets. Sidebars provide fun facts on fish, birds,
crabs, worms, and other organisms and reveal why estuaries are so teeming with
life and so vital to our planet.
Kim
Ridley and Rebekah Raye’s previous book, The Secret Pool, has earned a Kirkus starred review; RIF selection; the
John Burroughs Association Riverby Award; a Skipping Stones Honor Award; the
Lupine Award; and other accolades. Once again combining the magic of a fairy
tale with the wonders of science, The
Secret Bay does for estuaries what The
Secret Pool does for vernal pools.
Les mer
Estuaries
are the bays where rivers meet the sea—where fresh and salt water mix and
mingle. And oh, what wonders are stirred up there! The salt marshes and
mudflats may not seem dramatic at first, but look more deeply and you’ll find
an amazing variety of plants, animals, and things going on. Some of the
organisms are beautiful, some are bizarre, and all of them are superbly adapted
to an estuary’s unique environment.
The Secret Bay uses the poetic voice of the
estuary itself to share its secrets. Sidebars provide fun facts on fish, birds,
crabs, worms, and other organisms and reveal why estuaries are so teeming with
life and so vital to our planet.
Kim
Ridley and Rebekah Raye’s previous book, The Secret Pool, has earned a Kirkus starred review; RIF selection; the
John Burroughs Association Riverby Award; a Skipping Stones Honor Award; the
Lupine Award; and other accolades. Once again combining the magic of a fairy
tale with the wonders of science, The
Secret Bay does for estuaries what The
Secret Pool does for vernal pools.
Les mer
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780884484332
Publisert
2015-10-08
Utgiver
Tilbury House,U.S.; Tilbury House,U.S.
Vekt
495 gr
Høyde
262 mm
Bredde
241 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
40
Forfatter
Illustratør