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Creekfinding : a true story / Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; illustrations by Claudia McGehee.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0816698023
  • 9780816698028
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH541.14 .M35 2017
Summary: Restoring a creek on land that was recently used to grow corn is a big project, well-illustrated in this picture book. (Miller Library Staff)Summary: "Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects and brook trout that ate them, frogs that chirruped and birds watching for bugs and fish. This is a true story about a man named Mike who went looking for that creek long after it was buried under fields of corn. It is the story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and with it a whole world of nature. In the words of award-winning author Jacqueline Briggs Martin and the enchanting illustrations by Claudia McGehee, this heartening tale of an ecosystem restored in the Driftless Area of northeast Iowa unfolds in a way that will charm and inform young readers who are drawn to a good mystery, the wonders of nature--and, of course, big earth-moving machines"--
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Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection QH541.5.M3 M37 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800189870
Total holds: 0

Restoring a creek on land that was recently used to grow corn is a big project, well-illustrated in this picture book. (Miller Library Staff)

"Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects and brook trout that ate them, frogs that chirruped and birds watching for bugs and fish. This is a true story about a man named Mike who went looking for that creek long after it was buried under fields of corn. It is the story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and with it a whole world of nature. In the words of award-winning author Jacqueline Briggs Martin and the enchanting illustrations by Claudia McGehee, this heartening tale of an ecosystem restored in the Driftless Area of northeast Iowa unfolds in a way that will charm and inform young readers who are drawn to a good mystery, the wonders of nature--and, of course, big earth-moving machines"--

Recommended for preschool (age 0-5) and primary school (age 6-12).

K to grade 3.

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