Tracks in the Wild - Hardcover

Bowen, Betsy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395920671 ISBN 13: 9780395920671

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998

Synopsis

Explores the habits and behavior of thirteen northwoods animals by discussing the various tracks and signs left by them

About this title

About the Author:

Betsy Bowen is the author-illustrator of several books for children. Reviewers have described her distinctive woodcuts as bold, rich and handsome. The mother of three sons, she has lived with her family on the rugged north shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota for more than thirty years.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3-This new edition of a book published in 1993 retains Bowen's original text, a combination of factual material and the author's personal encounters with animals in her northern Minnesota home. The creatures range from the small white-footed mouse to the majestic moose. What is different is the book design. A more eye-catching illustration of wolves replaces the old moose cover. Unfortunately, the inviting end pages of tracks in a forest are also gone. Bowen's original woodcuts are retained. However, instead of the original hand-applied watercolor washes, individual blocks are used for each color. The images appear sharper and more colorful. The snowshoe hare with its red-to-blue shaded background has a classical oriental appearance. The pictures are now framed with white borders, the text is no longer in colored boxes, and the type style and placement of the headings are different, creating a more sophisticated look. If you have a copy of the old edition there is no need to replace it with this one. If you don't have it, however, the new version is certainly worth adding. Students of book design may find it interesting to compare the two as well.
Judith Gloyer, Milwaukee Public Library
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0395920671
• ISBN 13: 9780395920671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32