There are always sea shells...

In our library, there are always sea shells. But just this week a big display left. We really need to have it back
again.
It was a fabulous wooden case, 40 inches by 32 inches, with a plexiglass covering over a multitude of sea shells. The display was on a wall-table in the Children's Library. Did you happen to see it?
"Georgia's Coastal Collectibles" was the result of the dedicated search for sea shells by Carol Pickens, who used the collection when teaching science classes here in Moultrie. It took her years of collecting. She was one of those wonderful teachers who would take a group of kids to the coast and collect shells. Now retired, Carol is working with a group of other teachers on a science resource book for teachers.
But back to her collection...this wonderful display had Knobbed Welk, Channeled Welk, Baby Welks, Rock Barnicle, Lettered Olive, Moon Shell, Channeled Duck Clam, and Starfish. It also had Common Slipper Shell, Baby's Ear, Jingle Shell, Angel Wing, Marsh Periwinkle, Great Hart Cockle, Sanddollars, and a host of crabs, Horseshoe, Fiddler, and Calico just to name a few. So, you can see why we want it back again!
Our Children's Librarian, Norma McKellar, enhanced the display with pictures of shells the children could color, as well as several books. You can still check out the books: "Houses from the Sea" by Alice E. Goudey, "Starfish" by Edith Thacher Hurd, and "Secrets of the Animal
World."
But don't feel you've missed all the sea shells. We still have some on display. Be sure to see the collection as you come in the second set of double doors at the front entrance. On the right and left are two glass cases filled with shells from all over the world. These are from the collection of Billye Aycock.
Plus in the large glass cases on the right as you come up the steps, you'll see our July/August display of beach items, all the way from shells to flip-flops.
Living here in Georgia means you have to have sea shells somewhere around you all the time.