The diversity of shelters in the animal world-bird nests, ant
tunnels, and the cave of a bear-is contrasted with the nature and
function of the self-contained housing of snails, turtles, and some
crustaceans and mollusks. The softly toned watercolor illustrations
amplify the text and show children in different settings observing
various shelled creatures. The transient nature of the hermit crab
is described, as is the scallop''s shell-snapping mode of mobility.
Zoehfeld places less emphasi
內容簡介：
What makes a shell like a house?
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. In this book you''ll learn
all about these and other crustaceous creatures, for whom a shell
is just the right sort of home.
關於作者：
Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more
than sixty books, including Dinosaur Tracks, "a great choice for
even the most discriminating dinophiles" School Library Journal;
Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?, a Children''s Book of the Month Club
selection described as "fascinating" by Kirkus Reviews; and
Dinosaurs Big and Small, a 2003 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book
Award winner. When she''s not reading, researching, writing, or
editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing
fieldwork, and preparing fossils in the laboratory for her local
natural history museums. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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