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The mushroom fan club / Elise Gravel.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: [Montreal, Quebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781770463226
  • 1770463224
Uniform titles:
  • Champignons. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QK603.5 .G725 2018
Summary: Full of amazing facts and amusingly anthropomorphized mushrooms, this winning book is an enchanting introduction to the turquoise elfcup, the whiskerly milkcap, the dewdrop dapperling, the cinnamon jellybaby, and other incredible fungi. (Miller Library Staff)Summary: "Are you a member of the Mushroom Fan Club? Forage the forest for nature's most alien creatures with cartoonist Elise Gravel and learn all the wildest fungus facts!"--Page 4 of cover.Summary: "Elise Gravel is back with a whimsical look at one of her family's most beloved pastimes: mushroom hunting! Combining her love of getting out into nature with her talent for anthropomorphizing everything, Gravel takes us on a magical tour of the forest floor and examines a handful of her favorite alien specimens up close. While the beautiful coral mushroom looks like it belongs under the sea, the peculiar lactarius indigo may be better suited for outer space! From the fun-to-stomp puffballs to the prince of the stinkers-the stinkhorn mushroom-and the musically inclined chanterelles, Gravel shares her knowledge of this fascinating kingdom by bringing each species to life in full felt-tip marker glory."--
List(s) this item appears in: Graphic Non-Fiction
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection SB353 .G72 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800175077
Total holds: 0

Translation of: Les champignons.

Full of amazing facts and amusingly anthropomorphized mushrooms, this winning book is an enchanting introduction to the turquoise elfcup, the whiskerly milkcap, the dewdrop dapperling, the cinnamon jellybaby, and other incredible fungi. (Miller Library Staff)

"Are you a member of the Mushroom Fan Club? Forage the forest for nature's most alien creatures with cartoonist Elise Gravel and learn all the wildest fungus facts!"--Page 4 of cover.

"Elise Gravel is back with a whimsical look at one of her family's most beloved pastimes: mushroom hunting! Combining her love of getting out into nature with her talent for anthropomorphizing everything, Gravel takes us on a magical tour of the forest floor and examines a handful of her favorite alien specimens up close. While the beautiful coral mushroom looks like it belongs under the sea, the peculiar lactarius indigo may be better suited for outer space! From the fun-to-stomp puffballs to the prince of the stinkers-the stinkhorn mushroom-and the musically inclined chanterelles, Gravel shares her knowledge of this fascinating kingdom by bringing each species to life in full felt-tip marker glory."--

Recommended for primary school (age 6-12) and up.

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