The Life-size Guide to the New Zealand Beach

Join Andrew Crowe in solving the mysteries of beachcombing. The puzzling flotsam and jetsam – both common and strange – is shown here and explained with clear, life-size colour photographs. Besides providing a simple introduction to New Zealand geology, this book’s new approach to the beach shows:

• Pebbles and sand from around the country
• How to recognise common animal tracks found in the sand
• Jellyfish, starfish, crabs and bones from the sea
• Eggs from the sea and invertebrates living in the sand
• Seaweed, plant wash-ups and even common rubbish pollution

Part of Andrew Crow’s original award-winning Life-Size Guide series, this book is designed to be both simple and practical for all the family. Accolades Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children’s Book Award: Non-Fiction Award 2005. Shortlisted for LIANZA Children’s Book Awards: Elsie Locke Award 2005. Author Biography Andrew Crowe is a full-time 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 five New Zealand book awards, including the Ashton Wylie Award for a biography for teenagers on the Dalai Lama and – for his contribution to children’s literature generally – the Margaret Mahy Medal.

Author Biography

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.