What Lives in a Shell?

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Helen K. Davie (Illustrator)

Overview

Read and find out about what lives in a shell in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

A house is a home for you, a nest is a home for a bird, and a cave is a home for a bear. But for some animals a shell is a home. Snails and turtles and crabs and clams all have shells that act as their homes and protect them from harm.

This clear and appealing book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, is a fascinating exploration of the many creatures that make a home in a shell. This picture book features beautifully accurate illustrations of the many types of shells—inside and out! Young readers will love exploring the fascinating homes of creatures like hermit crabs, scallops, and turtles.

This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

• hands-on and visual
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• Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach
• Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations
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• Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists
• Meet national science education standards
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Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062381965
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/04/2015
Series:	Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Series: Level 1
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	206,290
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	AD460L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than ninety books for children. She has written several books in the Let’s Read And Find Out Science series, including: WHAT LIVES IN A SHELL?, an NSTA/CBC “Outstanding Science Trade Book” and winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s “Best Children’s Book” award; WHAT IS THE WORLD MADE OF?, a Children’s Book of the Month Club Main Selection; WHAT’S ALIVE?, also named an AAAS “Best Children’s Book”; HOW MOUNTAINS ARE MADE, an NSTA/CBC “Outstanding Science Trade Book,” DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio “Best Book Award”

Kathleen was a children’s book editor for over ten years before becoming a full-time writer. When she is not reading, researching, writing, or editing she loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing and curating fossils for her local natural history museums. She lives in Berkeley, CA.

Helen K. Davie's lovely watercolors have appeared in many children's books, including What Lives in a Shell? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfield, and Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft and Richard G. Van Gelder. She lives in Templeton, CA.

Editorial Reviews

An attractive, general introduction to the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of shells, rather than to ‘which is which.’” — Booklist

“Using interesting and accurate illustrations and just the right words, the book first introduces the idea of a home for an animal and then covers shells as the home of snails, turtles, crabs, clams, and oysters.” — Science Books and Films

From the Publisher

An attractive, general introduction to the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of shells, rather than to ‘which is which.’

Booklist

Using interesting and accurate illustrations and just the right words, the book first introduces the idea of a home for an animal and then covers shells as the home of snails, turtles, crabs, clams, and oysters.

Science Books and Films

An attractive, general introduction to the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of shells, rather than to ‘which is which.’

Booklist