This document provides an overview of sea stars in 10 chapters. It discusses what sea stars eat (clams and mussels using their stomachs), where they live (ocean bottoms and tide pools), their different species, how they protect themselves using spines, their predators (sharks, squid, octopuses, birds, otters, humans), includes a diagram of a sea star, a poem about sea stars, and a glossary defining predators, spines, tide pools, and species.