River Otter at Autumn Lane (Smithsonian's Backyard Ser) - Softcover

Galvin, Laura Gates

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931465703 ISBN 13: 9781931465700

Publisher: Soundprints, 2002

Synopsis

Children can join River Otter as she nurses her newborn cubs and eventually teaches them how to swim. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, River Otter at Autumn Lane is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations. Watch your children have a blast reading and learning about the animals that live in an American backyard!
Book Features:
- An informative storyline and colorful illustrations
- Appropriate for ages 3-9
- Paperback dimensions: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

About this title

About the Author:

Laura Gates Galvin has been a children's book editor and writer for over 2 years. She has written over 75 books for children, covering a wide range of subjects, including the alphabet, cooking, nature and wildlife. She lives in Middletown, RI with her husband and their two daughters.

From Booklist:

Reviewed with Courtney Granet Raff's Giant of the Sea.

PreS-Gr. 2. Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute, these two fictional picture books use attractive photo-realistic paintings to bring wildlife close-up. Both books follow a mother as she feeds, plays with, and protects her young, and the images show the animals' habitats from their viewpoint. In Otter, Leeper's cross-section paintings imagine the animals' cozy underground burrow and the riverbed where they dive for crayfish. In Sperm Whale, Gould paints the whales in Hawaiian waters, capturing the splashing and sleek underwater movement, the swift power of the whale seizing a squid, and then the panic when a killer whale arrives. Both texts easily blend plenty of animal facts into the readable stories, but Otter is particularly graceful, with lush descriptions and repetitive sounds. Appealing, instructive titles for at-home read-alouds or classroom use. Gillian Engberg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Soundprints
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1931465703
• ISBN 13: 9781931465700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Leeper Christopher