by Marianne Berkes (Author), Robert Noreika (Illustrator)
Discover twelve kinds of seashells in this beautifully illustrated, rhyming and counting book for kids! Perfect for a trip to the beach, the classroom, and a gift for a granddaughter or grandson. Includes two full-page tear-out sheets of all twelve kinds of shells for kids to take with them (only available in the paperback edition).
Also available as a board book, which counts from one to ten!
Follow along with Sue and her friends and she picks up shells and carefully adds them to her bucket as a birthday gift for her Grandma! As Sue collects new shells, each one appears on along the side of the page, so kids can keep count.
But be careful--there may be a mollusk still living inside a shell! Sue and her friend release a mollusk back to the ocean when they find it still inside of its home.
Kids will learn about an assortment of seashells, including:
- Kitten's paw shells
- Scallop shells
- Oyster shells
- Moon shells
- And more!
Backmatter Includes:
- Information on how shells are made, and the mollusks that live inside of them
- Descriptions of all twelve seashells found in the book
- Two full tear-out pages (only available in the paperback edition) of the pictures of shells that kids can take with them to the beach!