| #35326 in Books | Iselin, Josie (PHT)/ Carlson, Sandy | 2007-06-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.50 x.75 x7.50l,1.02 | File type: PDF | 144 pages | ABRAMS||10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Not a coffee table book|By Chelsea Starr|If you're looking for a large coffee table book, this just isn't it. When I ordered it I was expecting photos of a variety of shells but what I received was a small book (about the size of a half-sheet of regular paper) with a mostly black/white/blrown color palette. There are a lot of interesting and colorful shells out there and I wa|About the Author|Josie Iselin is the author of Abrams’ popular Beach Stones and Leaves & Pods. She lives in San Francisco.
Sandy Carlson is a paleontologist at the University of California, Davis. She lives in San Francisco.
Artist Josie Iselin celebrates the diversity and beauty of nature with her exquisite portraits of seashells. Like her extremely popular Beach Stones and Leaves & Pods, Seashells is not a field guide but an artful and informative portrayal of a beloved part of our natural world. The book balances the exotic with the familiar, from tropical corals and rare fossils to everyday clamshells and barnacles. In her introduction and captions, marine geologist ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Seashells | Josie Iselin, Sandy Carlson.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.