Read, Colour & Keep: African Seashores (Paperback)

Sally MacLarty

ISBN 10: 1770078924 / ISBN 13: 9781770078925

Published by Penguin Random House South Africa, 2010

About this Item

Paperback. Children will enjoy hours of fun colouring in this selection of our most striking seashore life - more than 40 of the brightest, most fascinating, commonly known creatures and plants from our local shores. In the middle of the book is a full-colour gallery of all the featured shore life, giving a clear guide as to which shade of crayon or paint to use when colouring in the outlined images throughout the book. As they work through the book, budding artists and inquisitive children will also be able to pick up snippets of knowledge about the creatures, such as how the colourful sea anemone overpowers its prey; whether the sponge is an animal; how the starfish pulls its stomach outside of its body to eat; why the hermit crab's homes are all second-hand; and the bag of tricks used by that master of disguise, the octopus. Children will enjoy hours of fun colouring in this selection of our most striking seashore life - more than 40 of the brightest, most fascinating, commonly known creatures and plants from our local shores. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Read, Colour & Keep: African Seashores (Paperback)
• Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1770078924
• ISBN 13: 9781770078925
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Children will enjoy hours of fun colouring in this selection of our most striking seashore life – more than 40 of the brightest, most fascinating, commonly known creatures and plants from our local shores. In the middle of the book is a full-colour gallery of all the featured shore life, giving a clear guide as to which shade of crayon or paint to use when colouring in the outlined images throughout the book. As they work through the book, budding artists and inquisitive children will also be able to pick up snippets of knowledge about the creatures, such as how the colourful sea anemone overpowers its prey; whether the sponge is an animal; how the starfish pulls its stomach outside of its body to eat; why the hermit crab's homes are all second-hand; and the bag of tricks used by that master of disguise, the octopus.