Synopsis
Soil may not be alive, but amazingly, multitudes of microscopic creatures live there, battling it out in an eat-or-be-eaten world. These tiny creatures, invisible to our eyes, provide food for the insects that in turn feed the reptiles and mammals that live in and above the soil. You'll never look at the ground you walk on in the same way after Raymond Bial, an award-winning photo essayist, takes you on this eye-opening, down-and-dirty tour of one of the earth's most precious resources.
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About the Author
Raymond Bial recently retired from his position as a college library director at the University of Illinois. He continues to create the beautiful photo-essays that have garnered him awards and high praise. His Amish Home was an ALA Notable Book, and, in a starred review, Booklist called his Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side "an excellent example of how books can bring the past into the present." Raymond lives in Urbana, Illinois, with his wife and two younger children, Sarah and Luke. His oldest daughter, Anna, is a fashion designer in New York City.
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Grade 3-5-Readers who take a good look at dirt through Bial's eyes (and his camera lens) will never again look down on this rich, lifeful, life-giving "element." The readable, informative text introduces dirt dwellers from the tiniest protozoans through myriad invertebrates to the mammals and reptiles whose burrows aerate the earth, all depicted in large, sharp, full-color photos. The author includes basic instructions for setting up a home compost heap, and urges his audience to feel the same reverence for the soil and growing things as he learned from a beloved grandfather (whose well-worn tools are displayed lovingly in a full-page photo). Team this treasure with such practical works as Eleonore Schmid's attractive The Living Earth (North-South, 1994), Laurence Pringle's engaging Twist, Wiggle, and Squirm: A Book about Earthworms (Crowell, 1973; o.p.), and Bianca Lavies's stunning Compost Critters (Dutton, 1993) for a scientific investigation, or, for a more poetic configuration, try Ken Robbins's lyrical Earth (Holt, 1995) and Peggy Christian's poignant If You Find a Rock (Harcourt, 2000).
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
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