Habitat Spy

by Cynthia Kieber-King, Christina Wald

Overview

Told in rhyming narrative, Habitat Spy invites children to find plants (or algae), invertebrates, birds, and mammals living in thirteen different North American habitats: backyard, beach, bog, cave, desert, forest, meadow, mountain, ocean, plains, pond, river, and swamp. Children will have fun discovering the characteristics of each habitat as they "spy," identify, and count the resident plants and animals and learn about the interactions between living and non-living things.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607181422
Publisher:	Arbordale Publishing
Publication date:	02/10/2011
Series:	Habitat Spy , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD1310L (what's this?)
File size:	16 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Cynthia Kieber-King (Habitat Spy) has always been inspired by nature and science, and has degrees in zoology and biological oceanography. Before becoming a children's author, Cynthia worked as an environmental consultant studying wetlands and conducting ecological risk assessments. She loves to travel and explore all kinds of habitats and learning about all the different plants and animals that live there. Cynthia lives and writes in central New York State with her wonderful husband and son. Habitat Spy is her debut picture book.

In addition to illustrating A Cool Summer Tail, A Warm Winter Tai, Habitat Spy, Little Red Bat, and Henry the Impatient Heron for Sylvan Dell,Christina Wald has illustrated for a wide variety of toys, games, books, and magazines. From a book that featured hundreds of animals on each page (Look, Find, and Learn: Animals of the World) to games including the Star Wars role playing game series, every assignment covers something new and exciting. In recent years, she has illustrated tons of different animals for books and other publications. Christina enjoys the research aspect of such projects, saying that each new book is a fascinating new learning experience. She often integrates travel to research for her illustrations. She lives in Ohio with her husband and three cats.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 2–3—A simple rhyming text encapsulated in binoculars-shaped "boxes" uses an "I Spy" approach to introduce a number of different habitats. The deciduous forest entry, for example, speaks of hemlocks, millipedes, owls, and deer, leaving adults the chore of naming the rest—wood thrush, wild turkey, porcupine, blue jay, black bear, red fox, striped skunk, and hairy or downy woodpecker. This is fine for the knowledgeable, but a bit tougher with critters like limpkins, bat stars, California quail, and marmots. No pictorial key is provided. The rhymes are occasionally forced: Do bees "bump" or muskrats "snick"? The book includes a number of activities designed for the classroom, the home school, or summer camp—a true/false quiz, a food-chain diagram, and a set of questions on habitats. In spite of the colorful and large illustrations, this book is additional at best.—Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY

School Library Journal

"Perfect for sharing with young naturalists, this book inspires discussion and comparison that will carry over into everyday observation. - Library Media Connection

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