Discover the Seasons [Paperback]

Diane Iverson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1996 | Age Level: 3 and up

Want to share the wonders of changing seasons with your young ones? This book is a wonderful tool, with exquisite illustrations, charming poems, simple text that will stimulate discussion, plus hands-on activities and seasonally-appropriate recipes. This lovely book has been around a while, and keeps on proving its worth.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Rhymes, recipes, crafts and realistic, double-page illustrations encourage readers to celebrate the seasons in this combination picture book/activity book. Beginning with spring, each season is introduced with flowery, at times slightly reaching poems ("Green grass turns gold/ in the glowing sun./ Ripe sweetness fills the air./ Little ones sniff/ and taste and run,/ Content with nature's fare") set against high-color, amply detailed spreads featuring animals in their natural habitats. The subjects of each picture are further described in prose, more factual than the verse but still fairly purplish. Activities for each season range from the tried and true (wire-hanger mobiles, milk-carton birdfeeder, etc.) to the easy but inventive (save dryer lint for bird nests, make hummingbird nectar). Of the recipes, the most intriguing is the break-all-categories peach treat cooked in a "solar oven" made of black construction paper and foil. An unexceptional but more or less satisfying smorgasbord for the entire family. Ages 3-10.
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Review

. . . highly recommended book for classrooms and home libraries about nature, ecology and conservation . . . will be savoured by parents, teachers and children. --Home and School News

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dawn Pubns; 1st edition (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883220432
• ISBN-13: 978-1883220433
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,119,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Diane Iverson (1950- ) was born in Fresno, California, and raised in the small farming community of Kerman, just 15 miles to the west. Her parents and grandparents farmed there, raising cotton, alfalfa and dairy cattle. She has authored and/or illustrated several children's picture books, including Discover The Seasons, My Favorite Tree, Forest Alphabet Encyclopedia and The Mystery of Blackbird Pond. She illustrates primarily in colored pencil.