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Mostly watercolor picture book with colorful, detailed, mostly full page spreads make up this caldecott honor book. Many similes and metaphors and wonderful descriptions make up the telling of the beautiful shells children find at the beach. This book can be used to teach about sea life or as a prereading book before a larger novel about visiting the sea. The book also contains a list with names of the shells the children found as well as a brief telling of how shells are made. ( )

This is a book from my childhood and it was one that i loved when i was younger. This is a great book for grades 2nd through 5th. ( )