Enjoy A Day in the Salt Marsh, one of the most dynamic habitats on earth. Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn how the marsh grass survives even though it is covered by salt water twice a day. An activity on adaptations is included in the “For Creative Minds” section.
Written by Kevin Kurtz
Illustrated by Consie Powell
“An inviting approach to an interesting ecosystem.” – School Library Journal
“The simple, but informative, text offers a pleasing way to highlight hour to hour salt marsh activities.” – Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)
Kevin Kurtz (A Day in the Salt Marsh) has loved books and nature since he was a child. He holds degrees in English literature and elementary education and started his professional career by working as a research assistant in a marine biology laboratory. While assisting on a research project to study some of the inhabitants of salt marshes, he quickly became fascinated with this ever-changing, ever-beautiful environment. For most of the past decade, he has combined all of these experiences by working as an environmental educator and curriculum writer for organizations such as the South Carolina Aquarium, the International Center for Birds of Prey, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the South Carolina Marine Educators Association. During this time, he has written and edited the South Carolina Aquarium's award-winning K-8 curriculum, as well as curriculum activities for the World Wildlife Fund, NOAA, the College of Charleston's COASTeam project and the Inter! national Center for Birds of Prey. A Day in the Salt Marsh is his first published children's book. Kevin currently resides in the the Willamette Valley of Oregon where he is pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the University of Oregon studying environmental literature. To visit his website, click here.
Consie Powell is an author, illustrator and a visual storyteller. Because she loves the outdoors, much of her work centers on nature and the environment. In addition to illustrating A Day in the Salt Marsh, Consie has also written and illustrated the award-winning Leave Only Ripples: A Canoe Country Sketchbook (which won the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award), The First Day of Winter, Amazing Apples, Old Dog Cora and the Christmas Tree, A Bold Carnivore: An Alphabet of Predators and has illustrated Baby Bear Isn’t Hungry and Who Lives in the Snow? She also edits, designs, illustrates and occasionally writes for the North Carolina WILD Notebook (the young readers’ feature in the monthly Wildlife in North Carolina magazine), and has created artwork for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the North Carolina Zoo. Consie and her husband spend the academic year in North Carolina and the summer in the isolated lake country of northern Minnesota where she loves to paddle her wooden canoe and explore marshes and bogs. And, of course, she always has her sketchbook handy. To visit her website, click here.
'07 Green Earth Book Award Finalist Reviewed By: School Library Journal & The National Wildlife Federation
Science and Math through Literature
Enjoy A Day in the Salt Marsh, one of the most dynamic habitats on earth. Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn how the marsh grass survives even though it is covered by salt water twice a day. An activity on adaptations is included in the “For Creative Minds” section.
