Full Product Details
Author: Anita Sanchez ,
Robin Brickman
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Imprint: Boyds Mills Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.30cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 26.20cm
Weight: 0.391kg
ISBN: 9781620914458
ISBN 10: 162091445
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 07 April 2015
Recommended Age: From P
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not available
This product is no longer available from the original publisher or manufacturer. There may be a chance that we can source it as a discontinued product.
Reviews
 This attractive informational picture book provides a strong overview of poison ivy Sanchez conveys solid information on this potentially irritating plant through a delightful narrative Brickman's detailed watercolors depict a host of varied wildlife interacting with the plant or coexisting with it Useful content becomes engaging and compelling A strong addition to biology and life studies units, this one may even save kids from an itchy experience.  School Library Journal Sanchez introduces a new perspective on this potentially itch-causing plant While most readers won't become cheerleaders for poison ivy, they will at least come away with a greater understanding of its importance and an increased ability to identify it.  Kirkus Reviews
This attractive informational picture book provides a strong overview of poison ivy Sanchez conveys solid information on this potentially irritating plant through a delightful narrative Brickman's detailed watercolors depict a host of varied wildlife interacting with the plant or coexisting with it Useful content becomes engaging and compelling A strong addition to biology and life studies units, this one may even save kids from an itchy experience. School Library Journal Sanchez introduces a new perspective on this potentially itch-causing plant While most readers won't become cheerleaders for poison ivy, they will at least come away with a greater understanding of its importance and an increased ability to identify it. Kirkus Reviews
"""This attractive informational picture book provides a strong overview of poison ivy... Sanchez conveys solid information on this potentially irritating plant through a delightful narrative... Brickman's detailed watercolors depict a host of varied wildlife interacting with the plant or coexisting with it... Useful content becomes engaging and compelling... A strong addition to biology and life studies units, this one may even save kids from an itchy experience."" -- School Library Journal ""Sanchez introduces a new perspective on this potentially itch-causing plant... While most readers won't become cheerleaders for poison ivy, they will at least come away with a greater understanding of its importance and an increased ability to identify it."" -- Kirkus Reviews"
Author Information
Anita Sanchez's books include the middle grade novel, The Invasion of Sandy Bay, and an adult book on the history of dandelions titled The Teeth of the Lion. She lives on a farm in upstate New York with her husband and two sons. Robin Brickman's illustrations are three-dimensional images that she sculpts using watercolors, painted paper, scissors, and glue. Her books include A Log's Life and One Night in the Coral Sea, both of which were selected for the John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers; and Beaks!, which was a Junior Library Guild selection. She lives in western Massachusetts.
