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  • Published: 1 November 1999
  • ISBN: 9780140285451
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $19.95

Which New Zealand Seashell?



Which seashell is it? This book will help beachcombers of all ages find out simply and accurately by using Andrew Crowe's unique method of identification.

One of New Zealand's best-selling identification guides.

Which seashell is it? This book will help beachcombers of all ages find out simply and accurately by using Andrew Crowe's unique method of identification.

- Life-size colour photograph of each shell
- Shell size, colour and where to find it
- The ecology of the living shellfish
- Over 130 seashells covered
- Over 340 Maori shellfish names

Discover the known uses of each seashell, from making scrapers, rattles, trumpets and jewellery to shells for cutting hair or holding paint.

  • Published: 1 November 1999
  • ISBN: 9780140285451
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $19.95

About the author

Andrew Crowe

Andrew Crowe is a best-selling author with a special interest in helping make nature accessible to beginners of all ages. He has written over 40 nature books covering seashells, insects, spiders, birds and other animals and plants. Andrew has won numerous New Zealand book awards, including the Margaret Mahy Medal in 2009 for his overall contribution to children's literature and the Ashton Wylie Award in 2005 for a biography for teenagers on the Dalai Lama. His latest book, Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and their Polynesian Ancestors (Bateman), received 4 book awards in 2019.

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