Drawn from nature
Title:
Drawn from nature
Author:
Ahpornsiri, Helen, author, illustrator.
ISBN:
9780763698980
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Description:
60 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
General Note:
"Art made from plants & flowers"--Jacket and book cover
Contents:
Spring: The spring chorus ; Nest building ; The trees awake ; Growing up ; Hares are hopping ; Pond life ; All in a row ; Butterflies & blossoms -- Summer: In the meadow ; Swallows swooping ; Crickets chirping ; In the reeds ; Glorious green leaves ; Buds & bees ; Summer nights -- Autumn: Deer rutting ; Golden leaves ; Dandelion puffs ; Time to fly ; Nuts & berries ; Forest fungi -- Winter: Hibernation ; Bare branches ; Birds of a feather ; Winter berries ; Robin redbreast ; Red fox at night -- A note from the artist.
Abstract:
An intricately crafted journey through four seasons of flora and fauna. Helen Ahpornsiri's intricate artwork transforms leaves, petals, and seeds into bounding hares, swooping swallows, and blossoming trees. Using nothing but pressed plants, this journey through the seasons captures the wonder and magic of the natural world between the pages of a book. This standout title with beautiful nonfiction text will take readers through an extraordinary year in the wild.
Reading Level:
Elementary Grade.
Ages 6-9.
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