Marjory's River of Grass
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Fierce Protector of the Everglades
$44.21
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2025
Summary
A picture book biography of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the remarkable conservationist and naturalist who worked tirelessly to protect the Florida Everglades.
As an environmental journalist and conservationist, Marjory Stoneman Douglas spent her life fighting to preserve the Florida Everglades. Now celebrated as a subtropical paradise with a diverse ecosystem, the Everglades was once considered a worthless swamp. Marjory recognized the wetlands as a treasured river, home to an array of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316446914 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316446912 |
| Author: | Josie James |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 284mm x 242mm x 12mm |
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Praise for Marjory’s River of Grass
A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year
An ALA Sustainability Round Table Selection
A NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Science Book
A NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book
* “This picture-book biography skillfully traces Douglas’ decades-long fight to save the Everglades…An invigorating story that should inspire young readers to enlist in environmental efforts.”
–Booklist, starred review“Through adept biographical storytelling, Douglas’s life’s work of fighting for the Everglades is brought to the center…. An excellent starting place for educators and young environmentalists alike, this is highly recommended for classrooms and libraries.”
–School Library Journal“James’s straightforward storytelling and gentle, chalky artwork capture the abiding appreciation of nature writer Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998) for the Florida Everglades… Alongside peaceful, airbrush-like vistas of the landscape, bright-eyed text carefully traces Stoneman Douglas’s involvement in protection efforts, underscoring water’s importance while building toward the idea that “Florida’s precious water still flows because new generations continue to protect and defend… the Everglades.”–Publisher’s Weekly
About The Author
Josie James
Josie James—a pseudonym for picture book creator JoAnn Adinolfi—has illustrated over thirty books for young readers and is the creator of Marie’s Ocean: Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea, which was a National Science Teaching Association Best STEM Book of the Year, an NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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