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- ISBN 9781912836734
- Dimensions: 138 x 205mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2021
- Publisher: Duckworth Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Explore the beach and its secrets as never before!
What makes the tides tick? Do sharks lay eggs? Why are sea levels rising? Investigate the wonderful world of sand, watch how crabs move and marvel at spectacular seashells as you become a beach explorer.
This book is bursting with hands-on activities, fascinating experiments and amazing facts to discover at home or on the shore. You can:
- become a tide fort champion
- create a miniature rock pool
- find out what makes star fish so special
- spy on a hermit crab battle
- design your own fish
- identify where beach litter comes from and experiment with seashells
Heather Buttivant, award-winning wildlife blogger and author of Rock Pool: Extraordinary Encounters Between the Tides, invites you on an adventure to meet the mysterious creatures that live on the beach and discover what you can do to protect them.
Heather Buttivant is a writer and educator who specialises in introducing people to the mysterious wildlife beneath the Cornish waves. Her popular blog Cornish Rock Pools won the BBC Wildlife Magazine Blog of the Year Award in 2017 and she has appeared on BBC Countryfile. She has Masters degrees in Professional Writing and Environmental Policy, a tracksuit full of swimming badges and an 'I love sea slugs' t-shirt. When she isn't crawling through seaweed wearing waders or running children's events for Cornwall Wildlife Trust, Heather likes to hide away and write.
