The Life-Size Guide to the New Zealand Beach: featuring the odd things which get washed up on the sand...

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Andrew Crowe

The Life-Size Guide to the New Zealand Beach

featuring the odd things which get washed up on the sand

Andrew Crowe

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Penguin Books (NZ)
05 October 2004

Sea life & the seashore

Join Andrew Crowe in solving the mysteries of beachcombing. The puzzling flotsam and jetsam - both common and strange - is shown here and explained with clear, life-size colour photographs.

Join Andrew Crowe in solving the mysteries of beachcombing. The puzzling flotsam and jetsam - both common and strange - is shown here and explained with clear, life-size colour photographs.

Besides providing a simple introduction to New Zealand geology, this book's new approach to the beach shows- - Pebbles and sand from around the country - How to recognise common animal tracks found in the sand - Jellyfish, starfish, crabs and bones from the sea - Eggs from the sea and invertebrates living in the sand - Seaweed, plant wash-ups and even common rubbish pollution

By: Andrew Crowe
Imprint: Penguin Books (NZ)
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Volume: No.5
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 211mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 164g
ISBN: 9780143019343
ISBN 10: 0143019341
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 05 October 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Crowe is a best-selling author with a special interest in helping make nature accessible to beginners of all ages. He has written over 40 nature books covering seashells, insects, spiders, birds and other animals and plants. Andrew has won numerous New Zealand book awards, including the Margaret Mahy Medal in 2009 for his overall contribution to children's literature and the Ashton Wylie Award in 2005 for a biography for teenagers on the Dalai Lama. His latest book, Pathway of the Birds- The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and their Polynesian Ancestors (Bateman), received 4 book awards in 2019.

Short-listed for LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Elsie Locke Medal for Non-Fiction 2005
Short-listed for New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Non-Fiction Award 2005
Shortlisted for LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Elsie Locke Award 2005.
Shortlisted for LIANZA Children's Book Awards: Elsie Locke Medal for Non-Fiction 2005.
Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Non-Fiction Award 2005.
Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Non-Fiction Award 2005.

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The Life-Size Guide to the New Zealand Beach

featuring the odd things which get washed up on the sand

Andrew Crowe

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