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Olly the Oyster Cleans the Bay
Elaine Ann Allen
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Description for Olly the Oyster Cleans the Bay
Hardcover. Num Pages: 15 color illustrations. BIC Classification: YFP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 258 x 182 x 9. Weight in Grams: 282.
An oyster wants to enlist the help of minnow fish friend to help clean their habitat, the Chesapeake Bay. Learn how they succeed.
“You don’t understand,” said Olly. “I want to do something important.”
“Important?” said Mr. Oyster.
“Yes,” Olly explained. “I want to help clean the bay like the blue crab and the barnacle and the sea cucumber and the sea urchin.”
There once was a young oyster named Olly who lived in the Chesapeake Bay. He loved to drift with the currents, but Olly had been traveling his whole life and wanted to settle down. He wanted to do something important—help clean the Chesapeake Bay.
But what can a little oyster do? He doesn’t have pincers or fingers or sharp teeth or legs and feet. Journey under the Chesapeake Bay with Olly’s little minnow friend and find out how Olly the Oyster Cleans the Bay.
Early reader–ages 5-8.
“You don’t understand,” said Olly. “I want to do something important.”
“Important?” said Mr. Oyster.
“Yes,” Olly explained. “I want to help clean the bay like the blue crab and the barnacle and the sea cucumber and the sea urchin.”
There once was a young oyster named Olly who lived in the Chesapeake Bay. He loved to drift with the currents, but Olly had been traveling his whole life and wanted to settle down. He wanted to do something important—help clean the Chesapeake Bay.
But what can a little oyster do? He doesn’t have pincers or fingers or sharp teeth or legs and feet. Journey under the Chesapeake Bay with Olly’s little minnow friend and find out how Olly the Oyster Cleans the Bay.
Early reader–ages 5-8.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell Maritime Press Inc.,U.S. United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
30
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870336034
SKU
V9780870336034
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Elaine Ann Allen
Elaine Ann Allen is an avid environmentalist from Goldsboro, Maryland. She received a BA in English Literature from Washington College. While studying at Washington College she interned at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and has volunteered at the Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium in Manhattan Beach, California. Elaine has written several articles about sea life and enjoys educating the public about aquatic life and the importance of the environment. Artist and illustrator Kelli Nash is a graphic designer and illustrator who graduated Cum Laude with a BFA in graphic design and illustration from American Intercontinental University in Atlanta, Georgia. Her style ranges from colorful children’s illustrations to fine art. She works mostly in acrylics, watercolors, pen, and ink.
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