A walk through the woods into a salt marsh over the dunes and onto the beach brings encounters with a variety of animals and plants, whose identities are revealed by folding out flaps that appear on alternate pages.
AMC's family guide to exploring the Coast from Maine to Florida
Hansen, Judith
2008
Details the many kinds of plants and animals that can be found along the United States' Atlantic Coast and features easy-to-use locator maps that reveal where many species are found. Includes tips and advice on keeping safe and protecting the shoreline environment.
Asks readers to find nine animals and plants, including a crab, a puffin, and seaweed, in a picture of a beach and profiles each one, providing facts and color photos.
Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals and plants that can be found at the seashore. Includes a sea urchin, seagull, barnacle, crab, sea star, seaweed, and driftwood.