Ellen Kirk
Collins (2008)
ISBN 9780061115769
Reviewed by Cayden (age 3.5) and Max (age 20 months) Aures and Mom for Reader Views (5/08)
“My Shell Book” is a Smithsonian board book that introduces seven different types of shells. Each page starts with a question such as “What has an oval shape and colored bands?” and then has the answer “A clam shell” with the picture of that particular shell.
Cayden: “Shells are in the ocean.”
Cayden: “Look, it is a white shell.”
Max: “White shell.”
Cayden: “What is a spire?”
Max: “Mouth”
Cayden: “Yes, that shell looks like it has a mouth.”
Cayden: “We eat clams in soup.”
Cayden: “That one looks like a screwdriver!”
Max: “Tool!”
Cayden: “That shell is purple in the inside.”
Parent’s comments:
My children enjoyed the descriptions of the shells and had fun learning the names of the different types. Although some of the words used were a little over their heads (like “spire”) they still got the general idea. The photographs of the shells were very detailed and fun to look at. “My Shell Book” would be a great book to bring along on a beach vacation to see if you can find the shells pictured in the book!
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