Children's Nonfiction Environmental Science & Ecosystems
Who Needs a Prairie?
A Grassland Ecosystem
- Publisher
- Tundra
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2014
- Category
- Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Zoology, Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Recommended Age
- 7 to 10
- Recommended Grade
- 2 to 5
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781770493889
- Publish Date
- Sep 2014
- List Price
- $19.99
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Description
Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out
• How wild and rugged prairies become grasslands
• Why prairie inhabitants depend on each other and their surroundings
• What wildlife and plants thrive in large open spaces
• How seasons and weather conditions affect life on the prairies
• How fire restores the land
• What life is like on the Great Plains
• How a food chain forms
• How some prairie plants protect the land
• Why we need prairies
About the author
KAREN PATKAU has been writing and illustrating picture books, with a focus on nature and non-fiction, for more than thirty years. She won the Ezra Jack Keats Memorial Medal for her first book, Don’t Eat Spiders by Robert Heidbreder, and since then her titles have appeared on lists including Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award finalists, Green Book Festival Award finalists, Ontario Library Association Best Bets and White Ravens selections. Karen has also illustrated Forest: A See to Learn Book. She lives in Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
PRAISE FOR Ecosystem Series:
"Patkau introduces readers to the North American Arctic ecosystem efficiently and methodically, discussing habitat, the food chain and seasonal changes, along with the ever-important formation of the iceberg.... Her digitally composed illustrations at times offer informative scenic views, and at times, present readers with more direct scientific information. This, as well as its companion volumes Who Needs a Swamp? and Who Needs a Jungle? offers a clear, readable introduction for budding naturalists and geographers." - The Toronto Star
"...Patkau offers a series of vibrant scenes ... striking illustrations. The text both interprets the visual content ... and offers paragraphs of diverse facts." - Booklist
