The Sea-Shore, Shown to the Children

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About This Book

The book offers a guided, illustrated tour of shore life for young readers, pairing forty-eight coloured plates with concise descriptions of fishes, molluscs, bivalves, crabs, lobsters and kin, sea worms, starfish, anemones, corals, sponges, and seaweeds. It emphasizes simple observational techniques—how to search rock pools, recognise nests and shells, and note behaviour and habitats—while explaining basic anatomy, life cycles, and collecting tips in child-friendly language. Each chapter names common shore organisms, highlights distinctive features and habits, and encourages careful looking to make seaside visits more instructive and enjoyable.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

THIS book is intended to help little boys and girls to use their eyes. The world is full of beautiful sights and wonderful creatures; and some of the most beautiful and wonderful of all are to be seen on the sea-shore. So I have tried to tell boys and girls, who are fortunate enough to visit the sea-side, what they ought to look for, and where they ought to look for it. And I can assure them that if they will only take the trouble to see what there is to be seen, they will find fresh objects of interest as often as they go down upon the beach, and that a sea-side holiday will prove ten times as delightful as ever they found it before.

THEODORE WOOD.