Zachary Z. Packrat and His Amazing Collections - Hardcover

Bessesen, Brooke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1932082832 ISBN 13: 9781932082838

Publisher: Arizona Highways, 2008

Synopsis

Meet Zachary, a playful packrat who never seems to have enough stuff. He loves art and heirlooms, swap meets and museums. Read along and join the fun as he carefully cares for his favorite collections and seeks out new goodies to stash in his cache. Written in rhyme for readers of all ages. This book also has a scientific prelude, plus Questions for Discussion at the end. 40 pages. Full color illustrations.

Grand Canyon Reader Award - 2011 Picture Book Nominee
Phoenix Public Library -- 2008-09 Project GOAL Book

About this title

From the Author

Zachary Z. Packrat and His Amazing Collections is "based on a true story" because it's about packrat kids, sisters, brothers, uncles, grandmas and best friends--beloved human packrats who love to collect things! My mom is a packrat. And so is my dad. They have taught me to cherish special treasures. Some human packrats even protect things from the past that we all can learn from... just try to imagine a world without libraries or museums.
     But this book is also about the namesake animals who gather gobs of stuff for their nest piles, called "middens". Turns out, these wide-eyed rodents also protect things from the past. By collecting items from nature and sheltering them, furry little packrats help scientists study ancient landscapes. Some enormous packrat middens even date back over 40,000 years!
     So, when I say Zachary is a real packrat, do I mean a human packrat or an animal packrat? The answer is: BOTH! Their characteristics are interwoven in the story, which is part of the fun! I hope you enjoy reading the book.
     And I hope you enjoy looking at all the treasures and tidbits Jenny and I have put into this collection about the making of Zachary Z. Packrat and His Amazing Collections. --Brooke Bessesen

From the Inside Flap

     Zowie! Who's that zany fellow zipping across the front cover and the following pages of this book? Why that's the amazing and busy Zachary Z. Packrat, who's a pleasant zealot for collecting things and stashing them in his home. He's a Zonie (lives in Arizona) but has cousins all over North and Central America.
     This book about Zachary is for fun; but remember, it's based on a true story so it's for learning,too. It's for children, and it's for big people who mimic the lovable Zachary by gathering and collecting all sorts of things. The tale of Zachary is told with rhyming verses and cartoon illustrations. But first you'll read about how his collections help scientists learn what the earth was like many years ago. And at the end, you'll think about questions such as: "Why are items from the past important? What can we learn from them?"
     Do you collect anything? Are you a packrat?

Edition details

• Publisher: Arizona Highways
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1932082832
• ISBN 13: 9781932082838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Campbell Jenny