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UNDER THE SNOW
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Written by
Melissa Stewart
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Illustrated by
Constance R. Bergum
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Hardcover: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-493-8
Total Pages: 32
Size: 9-1/2 x 11-1/4
full color throughout
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MELISSA STEWART earned degrees from Union College and New York University and worked as an editor. She is the author of more than sixty books and lives in Massachusetts.
You can visit Melissa Stewart's website at: www.melissa-stewart.com
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CONSTANCE R. BERGUM has illustrated several children's books. She holds an MFA in illustration from Marywood University and lives in Montana.
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A cozy look at the amazing ways animals behave and interact with their environments on a snowy day.
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Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
Reading Counts Level: 3.7
AR Quiz#: 131467
AR Reading Level: 3.4
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When snow falls, we love to sled and skate and have snowball fights. But at the end of the day, we go home where it is warm and safe. What about all those animals out there in the forests and fields? What do they do when snow blankets the ground?
Journey from your neighborhood to the woods, where ladybugs crowd together in a gap in the stone wall and a chipmunk snoozes in his burrow.
Take a side trip to the pond, where a carp rests quietly on the bottom and a green frog nestles in the mud, scarcely breathing.
And then as winter passes and the sun's rays grow stronger, join all the animals as they get ready for spring.
Award-winning science writer Melissa Stewart offers a lyrical tour of a variety of habitats, providing young readers with vivid glimpses of animals as they live out the winter beneath the snow and ice. Constance R. Bergum's glowing watercolors perfectly capture the wonder and magic that can happen under the snow...
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Reviews
"...this beautiful picture book will compliment the science curriculum and also makes for a great read aloud."Booklist "This pleasing addition is a great read-aloud for units on winter and animal habitats."School Library Journal "...cozy illustration..."Paging Through "...a lyrical tour of a variety of habitats...glowing watercolors perfectly capture the wonder and magic that can happen under the snow."Kiwi Magazine Online "Readers will come away with an appreciation for the adaptability and endurance of the animal world."Kirkus "...simple but satisfying book..."Virginian-Pilot "...a welcome addition for young children who wonder about creatures during these frosty days."Deseret News "lyrical and measured...The pauses are so full of quiet, they seem to evoke a sense of winter as much as the words do..."The Asheville Citizen Times "...up-close introduction to the hidden wonders of nature in wintertime."Sunday Register-Guard
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