Book Description
for Welcome to the Seashore by Ruth Owen
From the Publisher
In this book, readers will explore a seashore habitat and discover how tide pool animals rely on each other for survival.
This title cleverly takes young readers on a mini safari through a tide pool making connections between the living things that call it home. For example: "As fish and other animals feed on seaweed, crabs use the seaweed as a place to hide from predatory seabirds. As barnacles feed on plankton, dog whelks go hunting for barnacles. And after an oystercatcher eats a dog whelk, a hermit crab that’s grown too big for its shell, moves into the empty dog whelk shell!"
• Packed with curriculum science information
• See microscopic tide pool plankton up close
• Discover how seaweed is essential to seashore life
• Learn about the food, homes, and life cycles of seashore animals
• Controlled vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure
• Beautiful, labelled photographs throughout
• Close photo/text match
• Includes a seashore food web diagram
Filled with facts about the natural world, this title is perfect for students studying habitats, animal and plant life cycles, and ecosystems.