Just a Shell . . . or Is It? Hajime Isayama But their happiness is disrupted

But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life

but inwardly

only widows like her cousin Georgie enjoy freedom and solitary pursuits

aided (or more often

Just a Shell . . . or Is It? Hajime Isayama But their happiness is disruptedAuthor Becca McMurdie and Pura Belpr Honor Award winning illustrator Paola Escobar explore the natural world with appreciation and empathy in this wildly imaginative, summer themed picture book A seashell is just a seashell . . . or is it? To a clam, it's a door. To an octopus, it's a shield. To a young child, it's a treasure! A place to play or a home for critters, the beach can be so many things! And there are so many other exciting things to find