Which New Zealand Seashell
By (Author) Andrew Crowe
Penguin Group (NZ)
Penguin Books (NZ)
1st November 1999
New Zealand
General
Non Fiction
594.0993
Paperback
64
Width 150mm, Height 211mm, Spine 9mm
180g
An illustrated guide that helps you find out simply and accurately Which seashell is it It includes life-size colour photographs of over 130 seashells including, for each shell, their size, colour and where to find them and the ecology of the living shellfish. Discover also the known uses of each seashell, from making jewellery to shells for cutting hair or holding paint.
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.