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Day in the Salt Marsh, A  |
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.
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Written by Kevin Kurtz
Illustrated by Consie Powell |
32 pg, 10 x 8.5, Ages 4-8, Grades PK-3
Lexile: - 730, AR: 5.4, RC: 3.8, F&P: M
Hardcover ISBN: 9780976882350, $15.95
Paperback ISBN: 9781934359198, $8.95
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| Educator Keywords: tides, telling time, hour, adaptations, marine animals, life science, earth science, plant/animal interactions, adaptations |
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| Animals in the book: blue crab, bottlenose dolphin, diamondback terrapin, dolphin, fiddler crab, flounder, great blue heron, horseshoe crab , marsh rabbits, oyster, periwinkle snail, raccoon, river otter, sea gull, shrimp |
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“From sun up to sundown, interesting changes take place in a salt marsh. Readers get a close up view of these changes when they read the tantalizing rhyming verses in this book. This book is sure to be a welcome addition for pre-school and early grade classrooms as they study creatures and habitats.” – Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database
“This book will be of great use to broaden, particularly, a land-locked child’s horizons.” – Armchair Interviews
“A Day in the Salt Marsh is just that, beginning as the sun comes up and ending as the sun goes down. Each page is written in rhyming verse and beautifully illustrated to introduce your child to the daily activities that take place from hour to hour on a typical day at the salt marshes.” – Book Talk
Author/Illustrator Info:
Kevin Kurtz is also the author of A Day in the Salt Marsh and A Day on the Mountain. He has loved science, nature, and books since he was a kid. As an adult, he has worked as an educator for organizations such as the South Carolina Aquarium and the Science Factory Children’s Museum, and also onboard the research ship the JOIDES Resolution during an expedition in the South Pacific. Kevin currently lives in upstate New York, where he continues to write and visit schools to teach children about the wonders of nature. Visit Kevin's website.
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.
Visit Consie's website.
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