Rosie the Ribeter: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Contributor(s): Pattison, Darcy (Author), Gold, Nathaniel (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1629440744 ISBN-13: 9781629440743 Publisher: Mims House OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Frogs & Toads - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians |
Lexile Measure: 590 |
Series: Another Extraordinary Animal |
Physical Information: 0.09" H x 8.5" W x 8.5" (0.22 lbs) 34 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Geographic Orientation - California |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: ROSIE THE RIBETER: THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY Who holds the world record triple jump record - for bullfrogs? It all started with Mark Twain and his famous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." After it was published, the Calaveras County fair started the Jumping Frog Jubilee(TM), which has run since 1928. Over the years, the frogs have jumped farther. Read this extraordinary story of a man and a frog. ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY ANIMAL series - Award Winning Series
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Contributor Bio(s): Pattison, Darcy: - Children's book author Darcy Pattison finds inspiration in writing about science, nature and history; three of her books have been honored as NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books. Her nature picture books include Nefertiti, the Spidernaut, a 2017 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book and on the Alabama Camellia Book Award list; Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma, a 2015 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book; Wisdom, the Midway Albatross, a starred review in Publisher's Weekly; Desert Baths, a 2013 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book; and, Prairie Storms. Elementary physical science books include Clang! Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments and Burn: Michael Faraday's Candle. The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story was a Junior Library Guild selection and a 2018 NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts. Other picture books include The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman, which received an Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature Honor Book award, starred reviews in BCCB and Kirkus, and has been published in a Houghton Mifflin textbook. She is also the author of middle grade novels and nationally teaches a Novel Revision Retreat. For more, see darcypattison.com/aboutGold, Nathaniel: - Nathaniel Gold is the award-winning author and illustrator of the beloved Chimpman series, as well as Too Much TV Rots Your Brain and Other Poems. He's the illustrator for Wonky: A Robotics Club Story. Nathaniel lives in upstate New York with his wife, two children, and a dog. |