This book will awaken youngsters to the wonders of the Chesapeake Bay and the life in and around it. With outstanding illustrations and concise text geared for children ages four through nine, the book beckons youngsters and their parents to learn by exploring the estuarine environment. Chesapeake Bay Walk guides readers along the bay's different shoreline habitats: beach, mudflat, pier, marsh, and shallows. It features an explanation of the food chain that is easy for this age group to understand, a tour of the changing seasons, and a checklist for youngsters to use to keep track of their discoveries. "Almost as good as a field trip-and a lot less hectic. Chesapeake Bay Walk would be a neat souvenir of a visit." -- The Roanoke (Va.) Times, Jan. 17, 1999 "An attractive and coloful book that children should read or have read to them before they walk around the waters of the Chesapeake Bay." -- The (Easton, Md.) Star Democrat, Oct. 23, 1998 "Delicately written and lavishly illustrated-kids love this kind of thing. There is no lower age limit for Chesapeake Bay Walk." -- Chesapeake Life Magazine, Spring 1999 "The first book of its kind for younger children...with outstanding illustrations and concise text geared for children." -- Tidewater Trader, Dec. 1998 "[E]xplains just about everything you might see in the Bay as well as its creeks, rivers, and marshes. Very complete and easy to understand." -- Baltimore Sun, Mar. 7, 1999 Chesapeake Bay Walk takes young children and their parents or teachers on an unforgettable shoreline journey. On a stroll through its pages they can find soft-bellied bullies, birds once hunted for their feathers, crabs old than dinasaurs, bald five-year-olds, and living prehistoric creatures made of water. David Owen Bell is a ship captain with a background in oceanographic research, marine education, and sail training with young people. Captain Bell is an avid writer and consultant who enjoys visiting schools to share his enthusiasm for writing and the Chesapeake Bay. His titles include Awesome Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay Walk and Dockmanship. As an outdoor education teacher, he has taken school groups out on the bay to experience how an estuary works. As a licensed Master Mariner, Captain Bell has captained tugboats, sailing ships, excursion boats, and research vessels. His travels have taken him the entire length of the Chesapeake Bay, from Canada to South America, and from the Galapagos Islands to the Aegean Sea. Jennifer Heyd Wharton is well known for her watercolors, murals, and illustrations. Her paintings have won numerous awards from several art societies and federations in the eastern United States. She is a member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society, and the Academy of Arts in Maryland. She is a featured artist in major galleries in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and surrounding states. Wharton and two artist partners own Troika Gallery Fine Art Studio in Easton, Maryland.