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My Big Backyard series.
This simple book is organized around a series of questions such as "How big are roadrunners?" The child-friendly answers ("a roadrunner is as long as a loaf of bread") are easy for preschoolers to understand. Varied photographs of roadrunners in action add interest to this slight offering. A quiz, picture glossary, and note to parents and teachers are appended. Ind.
48 pp.
| Lerner/Millbrook
| March, 2002
|
LibraryISBN 0-7613-1250-1$$23.90
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K-3
Photographs by
Wyman Meinzer.
Well-observed sketches and well-integrated color photos accompany Dewey's story of the roadrunner family that takes up residence in her New Mexico backyard. Scientific detail is skillfully woven throughout the text, and readers learn about the birds' behaviors, strategies for obtaining food, mating and nesting, and the growth and survival of their young. Ind.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2002
2 reviews
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