coasts

Examines costal areas including salt marshes, tidal flats, barrier islands, and dunes.

Presents seventeen illustrated retellings of Mother Goose nursery rhymes that celebrate America's coastlines and waterways.

Provides descriptions of ten coasts around the world notable for their extraordinary features, including the Great Barrier Reef, the Bay of Fundy, the Cliffs of Molokai, and others, with photographs, maps, fact boxes, and notes on where each coast is located and how it formed.

Describes the climate, geography, and cultures of towns in Japan, the Netherlands, and on the Chesapeake Bay and discusses how coastline resources affect lives in these three regions.

Nigel Calder embarks on a wide-ranging exploration of the English Channel which is rich in natural and historical interest.

Discusses the characteristics of different types of coastlines and islands and describes how they are shaped and changed by water, wind, and volcanic eruptions.

Studies how Americans' efforts to save coastal construction from natural disasters have threatened the coastal environment throughout history.

An illustrated introduction to coasts that discusses landforms, coastal land shapes, oceans, stones, sand, habitats, and other related topics; and includes a quiz and a glossary.