What Lives in a Shell? (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1)

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Author) Helen K Davie (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1^st Grade

Series: Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1

Read and find out about what lives in a shell in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. A house is a home for you, a nest is a home for a bird, and a cave is a home for a bear. But for some animals a shell is a home. Snails and turtles and crabs and clams all have shells that act as their homes and protect them from harm. This clear and appealing book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom, is a fascinating exploration of the many creatures that make a home in a shell. This picture book features beautifully accurate illustrations of the many types of shells--inside and out! Young readers will love exploring the fascinating homes of creatures like hermit crabs, scallops, and turtles. This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades.

Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

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"Using interesting and accurate illustrations and just the right words, the book first introduces the idea of a home for an animal and then covers shells as the home of snails, turtles, crabs, clams, and oysters."—Science Books and Films

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

KATHY WEIDNER ZOEHFELD is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor where she decided to put her science degrees to use by writing nonfiction books for kids. Since then she has written over 60 natural science and history books for young readers, and been awarded honors by the NSTA/CBC, the NCSS/CBC, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Library Association, the IRA/CBC Children's Choice. When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathy loves to spend her free time exploring, doing field work, and preparing fossils in the laboratory for her local natural history museums.

Classification

Non-fiction

ISBN-13

9780062381965

Lexile Measure

460

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Publisher

HarperCollins

Publication date

August 20, 2015

Series

Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 1

BISAC categories

JNF051150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
JNF003150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Marine Life

Library of Congress categories

Juvenile works
Shells
Animal defenses
Body covering (Anatomy)