Life in a Tidal Pool Author:Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein Tidal pools are miniature sea worlds, teeming with ever-changing life. This book offers close-up views of the amazing variety of the tidal zone's inhabitants and the ongoing drama of their struggles to adapt and survive. Snails, clams, and sea worms populate these pages, alongside crabs that scuttle across the ocean floor with sponges clasped to... more » their backs as camouflage, and starfish that turn their stomachs inside out to digest a mussel's soft body right inside the bivalve's own shell. Life in a Tidal Pool introduces the reader to plankton and algae; traces the life cycles of the jellyfish and its relative, the sea anemone; and profiles other familiar and lesser-known marine creatures. Written in a direct, conversational style, it is complemented by 32 drawings and a glossary. 1990 ed.« less