Explore the Salish Sea
A Nature Guide for
Kids
By Joseph K. Gaydos & Audrey DeLella Benedict
Recommended for all ages, especially 5th – 8th
grades
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.
