You and the Bowerbird
$31.45
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
13 February 2024
Summary
Just on the edge of the rainforest, Between your house and the trees, Bowerbirds collect, pillage, and steal!
They swoop through the air And creep around the forest floor, Searching for pretty objects everywhere …
Follow the Satin Bowerbird as he searches for the perfect welcome mat for his new home, in this delightfully colorful and action-packed nonfiction tale.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250849878 |
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| ISBN-10: | 125084987X |
| Author: | Maria Gianferrari, Maris Wicks |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 13 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 463g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 243mm x 289mm |
| Audience Age: | 4 |
Critics Review
FIVE starred reviews!
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
★ “Delightful, tongue in cheek, and compellingly romantic.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ “A supremely entertaining introduction to an irrepressible animal.” - Booklist, starred review
★ “A lovely amalgam of science and play; with careful maps of the action, this makes the world of birding thrilling.” - School Library Journal, starred review
★ “Comical cartoons and an enthusiastic documentary voice make for a splendid and informative read-aloud.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ “Curious…[and] bright. Gianferrari puts out her own welcome mat for young naturalists.” - Horn Book Magazine, starred review
Maria Gianferrari
Maria Gianferrari lives in northern Virginia with her scientist husband, artist daughter, and rescue pets, Becca the dog and Lucia the rat. This is her fifth book for Roaring Brook Press.
Maris Wicks is a writer and illustrator of science comics, as well as a self-proclaimed gigantic nerd. She has written, drawn, and colored comics for First Second Books, New England Aquarium, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, as well as Spongebob Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics.
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