Meet Lisa Kahn Schnell author of High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs, on Monday, July 28h at 6:30pm!
About Lisa
From Lisa’s website
“I write books for children. I especially love picture books, so that is the focus of my work.
Before I started writing, I did all sorts of work in all sorts of places. In Denali National Park, Alaska, I worked as a waitress. I studied plants and made a prairie (sort of) in Kansas. I lived in Ghana, West Africa, for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer, and in Costa Rica I rented boots to tourists in a cloud forest. I worked in a prison in Missouri. So far in Pennsylvania, where I currently live, I have taught dance classes, painted a mural on the local library, and explained raptor migration to children at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary.
Now I get to write about it all and make pictures, too! My family is glad that I'm no longer wandering around the world quite as much as I used to, but I still enjoy a good adventure every now and then.
I also love to dance--en pointe, lyrical, and around the house! I make lots of bread, and also lots of lists. I think I could walk forever along the ocean. I'm happy pretty much anyplace where I can tromp around outside.”
High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs
Horseshoe crabs, shorebirds, and humans converge in a frenzy of activity.
Every spring millions of horseshoe crabs crawl to the beaches of Delaware Bay to lay their eggs. But they aren’t the only ones crowding ashore. Flocks of shorebirds migrating north from South America stop to feed on the horseshoe crab eggs. People also flock to the scene. Scientists and tourists turn out to see the spectacle and learn more about the creatures that call this habitat home for a few weeks.
Alan Marks' gorgeous paintings bring the reader down to the shoreline to observe this exciting annual event that interconnects species in a web of life and an ancient food chain.