Seashells
A complete seaweed library written and designed by Josie Iselin, including: An Ocean Garden: The Secret Life of Seaweed (2014/2023), The Curious World of Seaweed (2019), and The Mysterious World of the Bull Kelp Forest (2026). Learn your seaweeds and kelps, become familiar with the complexity and wonder of the bull kelp forest, dive deep into sixteen iconic kelps and seaweeds of the Pacific coast, complete with natural history, and the history of the science. Each book is illustrated with Josie’s scans or Ellen Litwiller’s illustrations. Signed by the author.
Notecards can be added below. Each box includes twelve empty cards with envelopes of four remarkable seaweeds scanned by Josie to share your ocean thoughts, concerns, or memories with loved ones.
This book celebrates the diversity and beauty of nature with exquisite portraits of seashells. Like her extremely popular “Beach Stones” and “Leaves & Pods,” this is an artful and informative portrayal of a beloved part of the 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 and paleontologist Sandy Carlson introduces the reader to seashells in all their variety, explaining why they look as they do. Both an art book and a contemplation of nature, Seashells combines aesthetic delight in natural things with scientific fact and philosophical wonder.
Abrams Books, 2007 - text by Sandy Carlson ISBN: 9780810993273
