Written by Kevin Kurtz

Illustrated by Consie Powell

13 ISBN 978-1-934359-19-8    

Ages 4-8

$8.95**. paperback
   32 pages. 2008.

About the Author and Illustrator:

Kevin Kurtz has degrees in English literature and elementary education. One of his first jobs was as a research assistant in a marine biology laboratory where he studied the salt marsh. Kevin became fascinated with this ever-changing habitat. He has combined his experiences as a marine educator and curriculum writer to compose the South Carolina Aquarium's award-winning K-8 curriculum as well as curriculum activities for the World Wildlife Fund, NOAA, and the College of Charleston's COASTeam project. Currently, Kevin is the Education Director at Science Factory Children’s Museum and Planetarium in
Eugene, Oregon. A Day in the Salt Marsh is Kevin’s first published children's book

Read more about Kevin Kurtz in The State

Consie Powell is an author, illustrator and a visual storyteller. Because she loves the outdoors, much of her work centers on nature and the environment. In addition to illustrating A Day in the Salt Marsh, Consie has also written and illustrated five books.
Consie and her husband spend the academic year in North Carolina and the summer in the isolated lake country of northern Minnesota, where she loves to paddle her wooden canoe and explore marshes and bogs. Of course, she always has her sketchbook handy.