The author/illustrator of Plants That Never Bloom presents a new series of books "sure to please small children and simultaneously teach them the tricks of camouflage."--Publishers Weekly. This clever game of hide-and-seek features a grasshopper, a bumblebee, an inchworm, and other insects. Full-color throughout.
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ea. vol: illus. by author. unpaged. Grosset. Oct. 1985. PSm $4.95. PreSchool-Grade 2 The rhyming texts and brilliant illustrations of these small picture books provide youngsters with the opportunity to find camouflaged insects and animals, while they introduce new words, such as grotesque and bizarre. How to Hide a Butterfly includes a butterfly that looks like a leaf and an inchworm that looks like a twig. In . . .Octopus, Heller writes, "The/ DECORATOR CRAB/ is drab/ and/ will not rest/ until its dressed,/ so/ it proceeds/ to don/ some/ weeds/ and barnacles/ and sponge,/ you/ see,/ and/ even/ an. . ./ anemone." . . . Polar Bear offers familiar mammals for children to locate against their natural backgrounds. Illustrations are bright, detailed, and sure to appeal to children. These three books would be a welcome addition to a library's science section. Zenata W. Pierre, Portland Public Schools, Oreg.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Writing and illustrating my own books have given me the opportunity to choose subjects of interest to me."--Ruth HellerAfter receiving a fine arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and completing two years of graduate work in design at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, Ruth Heller began her career designing wrapping paper, cocktail napkins, greeting cards, and coloring books. After five years of rejection and one complete revision, Heller's first book, Chickens Aren't the Only Ones, about egg-laying animals, was published in 1981. It was so successful that the sequel, and second book to be published, Animals Born Alive And Well (1982), about mammals, quickly followed. In 1983 and 1984, her third and fourth titles, The Reason For A Flower (about plants that have seeds and flowers) and Plants That Never Ever Bloom (about plants that do not) were published.She then began work on a collection of six books, the How To Hide series on camouflage and the magic of this phenomenon in nature, which covered the entire animal kingdom -- insects, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and sea creatures. The next collection of books became a five-volume series on parts of speech: A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns; Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs; Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives; Merry-Go- Round: A Book About Nouns; and Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs. She also wrote and illustrated the unique and fascinating book Color, a charming and instructive guide to how art goes through the four color printing process.Among the notable people who have had an influence on Heller's writing have been: Ogden Nash, Gilbert and Sullivan, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, and Dr. Seuss. Heller says of her work, "All my books are nonfiction picture books in rhyme. I find writing in rhyme enjoyable and challenging, and I think it is an easy way for children to learn new facts and acquire a sophisticated vocabulary. Children are not intimidated by big words. I try to make my writing succinct and allow the illustrations to convey as much information as possible."On October 31, 1995, Grosset & Dunlap continues Heller's parts-of-speech books with the publication of Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions, a clever, thoughtful, eye-pleasing explanation of just how prepositions tell us about the "when" and "where" of things.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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from a Mom of a young nature lover,
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This review is from: How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects (Reading Railroad) (Paperback)
This book has been a delight to my 5 year old. He never tires of looking at the pictures while I read the text ( which is written in rhymes .) It brings new ideas to the way a child looks at and thinks about nature.
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We have several of these books,
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This review is from: How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects (Reading Railroad) (Paperback)
We love all the Ruth Heller animal books. My daughter goes looking for them all the time to have me read them to her. She has memorized most of them.
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Camouflage lesson,
This review is from: How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects (Reading Railroad) (Paperback)
I used this book with my Pre-K/K class when we did our insect unit. The children loved searching the pictures for the hidden bugs. It also helped them see how camouflage works and helped them to understand what it means to be camouflaged. You can check out our bug lessons @ Hollys-Preschool-Place.com
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The BUTTERFLY that you see here Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The BUTTERFLY that you see here Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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