Moonsnail Song

by Sheryl McFarlane and Sheena Lott

April listens to the sounds of the sea in her moonsnail shell and dreams of the seashore and the rhythms of the sea as she goes through the activities of an ordinary day.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551430088
• ISBN13: 9781551430089
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

a perfect trip to an ocean world

This book was recommended to me by a friend and I'm so glad she did. I absolutely love it! It is perfect for our Preschool Rhythms unit because it is all about a child who has taken a shell home from the beach and everytime she looks at it she is transported back to that ocean world with the steady beat of the waves repeated over and over: In and out. Out and in. The illustrations are gorgeous and they really make you feel like you are right there at the seashore. Looks like we'll be going to the beach Saturday morning to pick up shells. The book is also very soothing and ends with the little girl going to bed, so it makes a good bedtime book as well. Enjoy!

Poetic, scientific, artistic, and graceful.

Awesome for anyone - adult or child - who has ever found a moonsnail shell, or gone beachcombing in the Pacific Northwest. Poetic daydreaming meets real scientific information in an unusual way. I own lots of adult beach books, but this book is how I identified my moonsnail eggcases.