What Goes on inside a Beaver Pond?
$45.11
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
5 September 2023
Summary
What Goes on inside a Beaver Pond? takes kids ages 8 to 10 on a journey through a year in the life of a young beaver (called a “kit”). This is an exciting year as the young beaver leaves her family lodge and moves throughout the Yokun Brook waterways, seeking a new home for herself.
Throughout the seasons, vibrant illustrations and descriptions reveal the hidden inner-workings of a beaver lodge, how beavers fell trees with their teeth and create a wetland habitat, how…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781635865271 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1635865271 |
| Author: | Carrie Shryock, Becky Cushing, Gop |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Storey Publishing LLC |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 5 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 576g |
| Dimensions: | 284mm x 284mm x 10mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“With layers and layers of wildlife facts to discover, this book is perfect for children (and adults!) who are visual learners and ask endless questions about our natural world.”–Virginia Wildlife
An immersive, informative year in the life of a young beaver. Follow our furry heroine through wetlands and waterways as she strikes out to find a home of her own. Chocked full of facts and observations rendered in verdant comic-style panels, this narrative nonfiction book provides lots to chew on for builders and budding aquatic naturalists.–Orion
“Plenty to chew on for young nature lovers.”
–Kirkus“A story that draws readers in.”–Booklist
“Magic, from the first enchanting illustration onward.”–LEILA PHILIP, Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
“This gorgeous picture book will get kids right out into the marsh to watch beavers.”–BERND HEINRICH, winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing
“100% engaging even if you are not interested in beavers, you soon will be!” –Youth Services Book Review
About The Author
Carrie Shryock
Becky Cushing Gop is an award-winning environmental educator and director of Mass Audubon West, encompassing 18 wildlife sanctuaries, conservation partnerships, and widespread community and school programming. She is based at the 1,400-acre Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Lenox, home to a healthy population of Castor canadensis aka, the North American beaver. In addition to her work at Mass Audubon, she shares nature and mindfulness practices through presentations and workshops for conservation professionals, educators, and the general public throughout the Northeast. She lives with her family in western Massachusetts.
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