River of Life Tapa dura - 2000

Detalles

• Título River of Life
• Autor Debbie S. Miller; Jon Van Zyle (Illustrator)
• Encuadernación Tapa dura
• Páginas 32
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Clarion Books
• Fecha de publicación 2000-03-20
• Ilustrado Sí
• ISBN 9780395967904 / 0395967902
• Peso 0.89 libras (0.40 kg)
• Dimensiones 8.92 x 10.88 x 0.36 pulgadas (22.66 x 27.64 x 0.91 cm)
• Época de 04 a 07 años
• Cursos P - 2
• Library of Congress subjects Ecology, Stream ecology
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 99038350
• Dewey Decimal Code 577.64

"Beginning and ending in winter, this elegant book traces the seasonal changes of an Alaskan river. The descriptive text, filled with peaceful imagery, reveals the life the river supports and its interconnectedness. A small boy observes the drama of wildlife—the moose knee-deep in the river, a kingfisher swooping for salmon, a red fox scavenging along the riverbank—against a backdrop of spruce, cottonwood, birch, and willows. He builds a snowman by the frozen river, pokes at ice floes in the spring, fly-fishes in the summer, tosses leaves in the fall. Van Zyle, who is the official artist of the Iditarod, brings all the activity to brilliant life in his realistic oil paintings. Not unlike Thomas Locker’s Where the River Begins (1984), this book reveals the vibrancy of the natural world. The useful glossary is worth reading for the curious facts it contains—male juncos sound like a jangling telephone, 32,000 brown bears live in Alaska, and more."

Booklist, ALA

"An ecology lesson made beautifully simple." Kirkus Reviews

"The art is quite eye-catching and is nicely complemented by the poetic text." School Library Journal