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1) Shell
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Photographs and text examine different types of shells, including seashells, eggshells, and fossil shells, focusing on such aspects as how shells camouflage themselves and how they may be collected.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Award-winning marine biologist Helen Scales introduces children to the wonders of shells (from seashells to land snails) through the art of observation. Using a friendly question-and-answer format, she explores, through a richly sensory experience, the incredible diversity of shells around the world and showcases the environments molluscs inhabit. From what a shell's shape, color, or texture can reveal about its inhabitant, to where shells are found...
3) Junonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come. This unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they alway have been.
4) Seashells
Author
Description
SEASHELLS offers a handsomely illustrated introduction to the fascinating world of the mollusk, covering topics such as shell structure, classifications, gastropods, bivalves (scallops, oysters, clams, and members of the nautilus family), land and tree snails, and the ethics of shell collecting. Few natural objects are as beautiful as the shells of mollusks. Shells occur in all the world's oceans, from the polar regions to the tropics, and few beaches...
Author
Series
Secret Mermaid volume number 1
Pub. Date
2016, 2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Molly Holmes moves with her family to Horseshoe Bay, her grandmother gives her an enchanted shell necklace that magically transforms her life. The power of the necklace transports Molly to the Undersea Kingdom, where she discovers that she is a Secret Mermaid and meets lots of new mermaid friends. But the evil Dark Queen Carlotta seeks to steal control from the good Merqueen Luna, by seizing the magic pieces of conch shell that help protect the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"From the acclaimed duo Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long comes this gorgeous look at the fascinating world of shells. From land snails to freshwater mussels, giant clams to tiny, an incredible array of shells are showcased in all their splendor. Poeticin voice and elegant in design, this carefully researched book will spark the imaginations of children in classroom reading circles as well as on parents' laps"--
10) Seashells
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Simply examines how shells are formed, the animals that produce them, and what is involved in starting a collection.
11) Shells
Author
Description
Photographs and text examine different types of shells, learn how to observe and record, make things out of, projects to try and how they may be collected.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Ocean Fairies keep all the sea creatures safe and happy! But when the goblins shatter their enchanted conch shell, seven magical sea creatures leave to search for the pieces. The Ocean Fairies must find the shells...and their animal friends! Silky the seal discovered a piece of the shell near the beach! Now Amelie the Seal Fairy just has to find Silky. But will the goblins get in the way?
16) Little houses
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young girl visiting her grandparents at the beach stays in a little house and walks along the shore gathering seashells, wondering about the creatures who used to live in each shell, about the hidden treasures of the sea--and about the world.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Discover how rocks are formed, the three kinds of rocks, and the difference between rocks and minerals. Learn how rocks and minerals are used in art, architecture, industry, and science. Then journey to the oceans to explore seashells and the amazing animals that once inhabited them. Packed with more than 200 stunning photos, including closeups of each specimen, this colorful book showcases breathtaking natural sites such as the Giant's Causeway and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When the goblins shatter the Ocean Fairies' enchanted conch shell, seven magic sea creatures leave to search for the pieces. The Ocean fairies must find the shells, and their animal friends! Ally's dolpin friend is guarding a shell near the Sealife Center. Can Rachel and Kirsty help track her down?