Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid's Guide to the Bay

by David Owen Bell

Book Overview

The Chesapeake Bay is certainly an amazing body of water -- the largest estuary in North America. This book, the first of its kind, stimulates elementary and middle school children's interest in the Bay by exposing them to the fascinating creatures and plants found in and around the Bay's 2,500 square miles. Concepts like watershed, airshed, and food web as they relate to the Bay are explained in concise, understandable terms.This book is an effective means for children to discover the interesting traits of some of the plants, animals, birds, and fish they are likely to find in and around the Bay.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870334573
• ISBN13: 9780870334573
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Tidewater Publishers
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3