Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids by Joseph K. Gaydos

Explore the Salish Sea: A Nature Guide for Kids Reviews

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  Wendy Kendall

  Put on your virtual flippers, underwater mask, and oxygen tank, we’re going for a dive into the Salish Sea to explore all the amazing creatures and sights. Yes, sights. The writing in this book is spellbinding, and it’s surrounded by lots of true-life photographs. These pictures make you feel like you are a scuba diver encountering tremendous sights first hand. Welcome to the Salish Sea.
  
  There is more to this beautiful geography than what you see on the surface. All ages will enjoy and learn a lot from this book, even adults. Take this opportunity to become a nature detective as this book teaches you about the geography, creatures, and cultures around the Salish Sea. Then you’ll have the tools in hand to delve deeper and become a detective to observe and learn even more on your own.
  
  This lovely treasure is a book meant to be shared with friends and family. There will be plenty of oohs and aahs over the facts and pictures revealed on every page. Everyone will appreciate it read aloud, and will point to favorite pictures. Younger kids will grow into the text.
  
  The book has some great every day, practical suggestions that kids can do to help the environment and creatures in the book. They can also sign up to join the free Junior Seadoctors that is an online club that provides adventurers ways to interact with the wildlife of the Salish Sea.
  
  The authors are Joseph K. Gaydos, who is the chier scientist for the Seadoc Society. This is a program of the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a licensed wildlife veterinarian and has a PhD in wildlife health. Audrey DeLella Benedict is the founder and director of Cloud Ridge Naturalists, a nonprofit natural history educational organization. She is a member of the board of the SeaDoc Society. She is also a trustee for the Colorado chapter of the Nature Conservancy, from which she received the prestigious One Conservancy Award for her work in Ecuador.
  
  Learn more about the SeaDoc Society on Orcas Island, and enjoy the fun when you Explore the Salish Sea.
  
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  Amanda Brooke

  My son and I loved reading about the special place where we live. It's exciting to read about home - a reminder of how important it is for children to see themselves in literature. The photography was fantastic and we learned a lot about the amazing ecosystem that we live in. I hope the people who produced this book will make editions for pre-literate and early readers, making it more accessible to children. My son often fell asleep while I was reading. It's a LOT of information. But he insisted on reading every page and we had to renew it and keep it an extra two weeks.
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  Deke Moulton

  Extremely informative book that details all aspects of the Salish Sea- from geography to history to detailing the different kinds of animals and plants that live in the waters. You could use this book to tie into so many different subjects, even the migration chapter reflects upon geology and economics and food! The final chapter full of ways that we have harmed the Salish Sea ends of a hopeful note to engage children to take action- that no step is too small to make an impact- and offer suggestions that are well within a kids ability.
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  Zachary Ransom

  Autographed copy.
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  Ashley Johnson

  Even as an adult who is well informed on the Salish Sea (as a whale watcher whose lived here for decades), there were things within this book that I learned.