Around the Pond (Wild Wonders Series) [Paperback]

Dorothy Emerling (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Wild Wonders Series

Meet frogs, muskrats, and other common animals who make their homes in the pond ecosystem. Stories and fact pages underscore the interdependence of the animals in their habitat. Includes treasure maps and games.

Ages 5-9

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6A healthy pond is a wondrously populous and busy place, teeming (in spring, summer, and early autumn) with a seemingly limitless variety of life, from tiny one-celled animals and plants to large mammals and birds. In a series of vignettes, Cooper offers windows into this complex ecosystem, following each fictional (but believable and scientifically possible) episode with snippets of further information about the featured critter. Realistic illustrations in soft washes of blue and green, gold and brown keep perfect step with the readable text, presenting tranquil impressions of the ponds diverse inhabitants. (Problematically for purists, the imaginary installments contain a modicum of anthropomorphism, but for the most part it is unobtrusive.) Combine this attractive title with such fictional works as William T. Georges Long Pond series (Greenwillow) and Jennifer Deweys At the Edge of the Pond (Little, Brown, 1987; o.p.), the poems in Marilyn Singers Turtle in July (Macmillan, 1989), and Bianca Laviess photographically as well as factually appealing Lily Pad Pond (Dutton, 1989; o.p.) and youll have a fine whole-language unit on a fascinating water world.Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"Precise ink drawings, brightened with what appear to be pastel crayons, define the animals and their habitat while giving the book its eye appeal. A good introductory book on pond life." -- Carolyn Phelan, Booklist

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Roberts Rinehart (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570982236
• ISBN-13: 978-1570982231
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #591,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Nature > General
  • #79 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Nature > Water

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