A delightful, informative guide that uncovers the secret history of each common sea shell, revealing not only which marine creature once inhabited it, but also

A child and her companions collect a number of seashells from one to twelve.

Forty-two detailed, accurate, ready-to-color renderings of an octopus, ghost crab, beach plum, oystercatcher, herring gulls, kelp, anchovies, many more. Introdu