About Crustaceans: A Guide for Children (Educational Science Book About Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimp, & Other Sea Animals for STEM Learning) - Hardcover

Sill, Cathryn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1561453013 ISBN 13: 9781561453016

Publisher: Peachtree, 2004

Synopsis

Any young seashore visitor or beachcomber will enjoy this beginner's guide to crustaceans from Cathryn and John Sill, creators of the celebrated About... series.

In this volume from the series, educator and author Cathryn Sill uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach children what crustaceans are, how they look, how they protect themselves, what they eat, and where they live.

With beautifully detailed, realistic paintings, noted wildlife illustrator John Sill introduces readers to the diversity of the crustacean population, from the sand fiddler crab to the California rock lobster. An afterword provides more details about the species featured.

This books is ideal for casual explorations into nature as well as for early childhood and elementary science units on animals.

About this title

About the Author

Cathryn Sill, a graduate of Western Carolina University, was an elementary school teacher for thirty years. She is the author of more than twenty-five prize-winning nonfiction picture books about animals and habitats. She has created three nature series especially for pre-K and kindergarten students. She lives in North Carolina.

John Sill holds a BS in wildlife biology from North Carolina State University. Combining his knowledge of wildlife and artistic skill, John has achieved an impressive reputation as a wildlife artist and received many awards. He has illustrated more than twenty-five books in the About... and About Habitats series. He lives in North Carolina.

From the Back Cover

A beginner’s guide to the world of frogs, toads, salamanders, and other animals that spend part of their lives in the water and part on land.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 2–Full-page, realistic paintings face white pages with simple sentences. A basic description of what makes an animal a crustacean is followed by explanations of how these invertebrates use their senses, move around, protect themselves, find food, and fit into our world. Done in bright watercolors, the illustrations give a sense of these creatures' different habitats, and captions identify all of the species shown by their common names. An afterword reprints each painting in a small black-and-white version and provides more facts about the specific animals and processes depicted. This is an excellent example of easy nonfiction, perfect for beginning readers or for sharing aloud with budding naturalists.–Susan Oliver, Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System, FL
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PreS-Gr. 2. Each book in the Sills' dependable About . . . series provides a simple, straightforward introduction to one class of animals. This attractive, informative book presents the physical characteristics of all crustaceans as well as the special features of a few species. Precisely delineated and often quite handsome, the watercolor paintings on the right-hand pages show lobsters, crabs, krill, barnacles, pill bugs, and other members of the clan in action. The facing pages carry the large-print text, usually just one sentence per spread. The five-page afterword refers back to each of the 15 color plates, here reproduced as small, black-and-white pictures, with a paragraph of information on the species pictured. The clarity of layout, text, and illustration gives this book an accessible look, while the quality of the presentation makes it well worth sharing in the classroom. Carolyn Phelan
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Edition details

• Publisher: Peachtree
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1561453013
• ISBN 13: 9781561453016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Sill John
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40