Flow, Spin, Grow : Looking for Patterns in Nature

Barss, Patchen

ISBN 10: 1771475196 / ISBN 13: 9781771475198

Published by Owlkids Books Inc., 2022

About this Item

Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flow, Spin, Grow : Looking for Patterns in Nature
• Publisher: Owlkids Books Inc.
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1771475196
• ISBN 13: 9781771475198
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Stewart, Todd
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.32 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Look around you and discover nature's incredible patterns

Branching, spiraling, spinning―you can find patterns almost anywhere in nature, if you look for them. This book is a starting point that introduces kids to some major patterns in the natural world. Just as the branches of a tree spread upwards into the sky, roots branch deep into the ground. Branches also spread through our bodies, inside our lungs and veins. Storms and snail shells spiral; electrons and galaxies spin.

With brief text and full-spread illustrations, this book is designed to inspire kids to observe, discover, and explore hidden structures and shapes in the natural world around them. Why are things the way they are? This question, key to scientific inquiry, runs throughout the text.

Artwork in multilayered screen prints shows how the natural world is inherently beautiful, from the curve of your ear to the spiraling arms of our galaxy. Kids will come away with new STEM knowledge and a deeper understanding that we are all connected to nature and part of its patterns.

About the Authors

PATCHEN BARSS has written, edited and produced stories about science, research and culture for more than 20 years. His writing has appeared in Nautilus Magazine, Scientific American, the Globe and Mail, National Post, and Toronto Star. He has been a producer at CBC Television and the Discovery Channel, and has a longstanding fascination with patterns and nature. He lives with his family in Toronto, Ontario.

TODD STEWART trained as a landscape architect and urban planner but now works as an illustrator. Originally from Saskatchewan, he now lives in Montreal, Quebec, and runs a small-scale print studio. He is the author and illustrator of The Wind and the Trees and the illustrator of See You Next Year.