| Where Once There Was a Wood Contributor(s): Fleming, Denise (Author), Fleming, Denise (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0805064826 ISBN-13: 9780805064827 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: Inspired by events in her own backyard, award-winning author and illustrator Denise Fleming creates a poignant yet hopeful portrait of our disappearing natural environment. Includes an informative bibliography for budding environmentalists and suggests various projects that families can do together. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection |
| Dewey: 639.9 |
| LCCN: 95018906 |
| Series: Owlet Book |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 9.9" W x 9.7" (0.50 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Earth Day - Topical - Ecology |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 65377 Reading Level: 2.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A powerful poem and stunning, handmade-paper art encourage children to protect nature. "Where once there was a wood, Inspired by events in her own backyard, award-winning author and illustrator Denise Fleming creates a poignant yet hopeful portrait of our disappearing natural environment. The last pages of the book teach children how to make a more "creature friendly" backyard, including information about what types of food, trees and flowers attract different kinds of animals. Where Once There Was a Wood also includes an informative bibliography for budding environmentalists, and suggests various projects that families can do together. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fleming, Denise: - Denise Fleming won a Caldecott Honor for In the Small, Small Pond. She is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen picture books, including Buster. She lives in Toledo, Ohio. |