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Children's Nonfiction Trees & Forests

Starting with Nature Tree Book

by (author) Pamela Hickman

illustrated by Heather Collins

Publisher
Kids Can Press
Initial publish date
Feb 1999
Category
Trees & Forests
Recommended Age
7 to 18
Recommended Grade
2 to 12
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550746556
    Publish Date
    Feb 1999
    List Price
    $6.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550744859
    Publish Date
    Feb 1999
    List Price
    $14.95

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Description

Get kids interested in nature with fascinating information, little-known facts plus investigative activities and experiments! In this book in the Starting with Nature series, kids will learn about the American rain forest and about endangered trees. They'll discover some unusual trees, such as red mangroves, that are extending the shorelines of the Florida Keys. Detailed illustrations, accessible information and fun activities will stimulate children's interest in nature and help them identify the trees where they live and all across the United States.

About the authors

PAMELA HICKMAN is the author of over forty non-fiction books for children, including winners of the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, the Best Book Award from the Society of School Librarians International and the Canadian Authors Association Lilla Sterling Memorial Award. She co-authored the first book in this series, Righting Canada's Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War. She lives in Canning, Nova Scotia.

Pamela Hickman's profile page

Heather Collins brings Come Sit By Me alive with the colourful illustration style for which she has become known. Her popular children's picture book credits include Whoosh I Hear a Sound!, The Bare Naked and A Pioneer Story: The Daily Life of a Canadian Family in 1840 for which She won both the Information Book Award and the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award. When she's not illustrating in her attic studio in Toronto, Heather can be found spending time with her two children and her husband.

Heather Collins' profile page

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