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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
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
"This book sheds a surprising light on how seashells--the hard, protective outer layer that mollusks inhabit--serve tremendous purpose. This large group of marine animals needs shells for protection, feeding, transportation, anchorage, and more."--
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. Spiraling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Rewild your life! With metal corners and 448 full-color, highly-illustrated pages, OUTDOOR SCHOOL is your indispensable tool for the outdoors. Make every day an adventure with the included: - Immersive activities to get you exploring - Write-in sections to journal about experiences - Next-level adventures to challenge even seasoned nature lovers. No experience is required-only curiosity and courage. This interactive field guide to rocks, fossils,...
6) Moving day
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
A hermit crab looking for a new home tries several different shells before finding one that fits just right.
7) 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.
8) 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...
11) Enchanted shell
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...
14) A shell is cozy
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"--
15) 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.
16) 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?