salt marshes

Rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the salt marsh as the tide comes and goes.

Text and color illustrations explore salt marshes, including the rising and falling of the tides, as well as the animals that visit at all hours.

Wildlife photographs and text reveal the secrets of salt marshes, where fish, crabs, turtles, shrimp, and a variety of birds, including bald eagles, egrets, and osprey, rely on a handful of plant species that grow in the coastal wetlands that buffer the impact of hurricanes and require defending before they disappear.

Provides informtion about North American salt marshes and their histories and discusses what their destruction means to human life and property. Describes the formation and maintenance of coastal marshlands, the plants and animals that populate marshes, offers an historical overview of them, and explores invasive species and their effects. Includes black-and-white photos and illustrations, a list of species discussed in the text, and an index.

Describes the physical environment of a salt marsh and the plants and animals that live there.

Rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the salt marsh as the tide comes and goes.

A collection of thirty-three poems on nature, especially in the Hudson River valley and on Cape Cod.