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Hammonasset Shore Books

Picture books of the Connecticut shore by William Vincent Carleton, each a PDF to read on screen or print at home: $3.99 each, or all of them in the Hammonasset Shore Collection for $19.

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Cover of The Stone on the Shore, by William Vincent Carleton

The Stone on the Shore

a book of the stone that held a living thing

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Cover of The Slipper Shell's Secret, by William Vincent Carleton

The Slipper Shell's Secret

a book of the shells that stack

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Cover of The Marsh That Holds the Light, by William Vincent Carleton

The Marsh That Holds the Light

a book of the tall grasses and the ones who live among them

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Cover of The Moon Snail's Eye, by William Vincent Carleton

The Moon Snail's Eye

a book of the shark’s-eye shell

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Cover of Open Hands in the Touch Tank, by William Vincent Carleton

Open Hands in the Touch Tank

a book of the creatures that can be held

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Cover of The Fish That Wait Under the Sand, by William Vincent Carleton

The Fish That Wait Under the Sand

a book of the ones that hide until the wave and of the kite that rides the low wind

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Cover of The Osprey's Dive, by William Vincent Carleton

The Osprey's Dive

a book of the bird that falls for fish and of the kite that holds in stronger wind

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Cover of The Diamondback on the Mud, by William Vincent Carleton

The Diamondback on the Mud

a book of the turtle that belongs to the marsh and of the kite with tubes that stay steady

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Cover of The Orange Lobster, by William Vincent Carleton

The Orange Lobster

a book of the one in thirty million and of the sleek kite that cuts the wind

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Cover of Horseshoe Crabs at the Edge, by William Vincent Carleton

Horseshoe Crabs at the Edge

a book of the ones who have always come and of the kite with a long tail that steadies

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Cover of The Plovers' Quiet Shore, by William Vincent Carleton

The Plovers' Quiet Shore

a book of the small birds that nest in the open and of the light kite that rides the high quiet air

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Cover of The Whelk and the Drill, by William Vincent Carleton

The Whelk and the Drill

a book of the shell that carries a hole and of the kite that turns with the wind

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Cover of The Friend in the Marsh, by William Vincent Carleton

The Friend in the Marsh

a book of the one who waits among the grasses and of the kite that returns

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