Welcome to the seashore

Ruth Owen, 1967-

Book - 2016

What animals use the seaweed in a tide pool as a hiding place from predators? Which of its neighbors does a hungry seagull feed on? And what creatures are known as the garbage collectors of the tide pool? Inside this book, explore a seashore ecosystem and discover how all the living things that make it their home depend on each other and their habitat for survival.

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Published
[St. Austell, England] : Ruby Tuesday Books 2016.
Language
English
Main Author
Ruth Owen, 1967- (author)
Item Description
"All about ecosystems."
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.
ISBN
9781910549681
  • Welcome to the seashore
  • The tide goes out
  • Too tiny to see!
  • Microscopic ocean animals
  • All about seaweed
  • Clinging to the rocks
  • Life as a barnacle
  • Hungry hunters
  • A dog whelk goes hunting
  • When is a dog whelk not a dog whelk?
  • A tide pool clean-up crew
  • Gulls drop in for dinner
  • The tide comes in
  • A seashore food web.
Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-4-These thoughtful overviews provide selected examples of the roles of plants and animals within an ecosystem. Basic facts about the habitat are followed by simple profiles of the creatures that live there. Each spread ends with a boxed question that is answered with the subsequent page turn, which neatly supports the theme of connections within a habitat. A spread on rock-clinging seaweed, for example, leads into one on animals that also stick to rocks, followed by a transition to barnacle eating processes. Continuity is further reinforced by introducing an animal, then returning to it later. In Pond, for example, dragonfly eggs are laid, nymphs appear seven pages later, and they emerge as dragonflies toward the end. Visual support comes from a mixture of full-page photos and smaller insets, many of which include helpful labels. Each title ends with a useful food web diagram. VERDICT Excellent introductions to how ecosystems function. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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