River Beds: Sleeping in the World's Rivers (Arbordale Collection) - Hardcover

Gail Langer Karwoski

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0977742342 ISBN 13: 9780977742349

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

This sequel to the award-winning Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean (2007 Teacher s Choice & 2005 Mom s Choice) takes readers on an around-the-world boat ride to learn how mammals sleep in or around ten major rivers of the world on all continents except Antarctica. Row down the Mississippi and watch two river otters slip into a hollow tree or look to the bank of the Brisbane River as a platypus pops into a hole and disappears into a narrow tunnel. Told in a soothing style, this book serves as a bedtime/naptime story for younger children or an animal geography book for older children. Adults may learn something, too! For Creative Minds Section Includes: Animal adaptation matching activity, Asian short-clawed otters, Beavers, Boto Dolphins, Capybaras, Hippos, Indus River Dolphins, Mink, Platypus, River otters, Water Voles, World Map, Where in the world?, Geography questions. Thanks to the following animal experts who verified the information in this book: River otters: Kelly Reno, River Otter Aquarist at the SC Aquarium, Rico Walder, Assistant Curator of Forests, Tennessee Aquarium Beavers: Kathryn Dudeck, Wildlife Director at Chattahoochee Nature Center Boto (Amazon) dolphins: Tamara Mcguire PhD, Amazon Researcher with Virtual Explorers Capybaras: Rachael Macy, Zoological Manager/Carnivores at the St. Louis Zoo Water Voles: Rob Strachan, of The Mammal Society (UK) Mink: George Shurvington, Wildlife Biologist, and Karen Armstrong, Conservation Education Consultant at the Missouri Department of Conservation Indus River Dolphins & Boto Dolphins: Frazer McGilvray, Senior Manager at Conservation International Asian short-clawed otter: Lisa Smith, Curator of Large Mammals at Zoo Atlanta. Hippos: Loran Wlodarski, educator at SeaWorld Orlando Platypus: Geoff Williams, Australian Platypus Conservancy.

About this title

About the Author:

Gail Langer Karwoski is an award-winning children s book writer. River Beds: Sleeping in the World s Rivers is a sequel to Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean, (Mom s Choice Best Children s Picture Book Author for 2005 and the 2007 Teacher s Choice Children s Book Award). Gail has also written Julie the Rockhound for Sylvan Dell as well as six other books for young readers including: Tsunami: The True Story of an April Fool s Day Disaster and Quake! Disaster in San Francisco, 1906. Gail and her husband live near the University of Georgia and have two bossy cats and two grown daughters.

From Booklist:

Some mammals burrow into the earth to sleep, but others takes their rests near or in water. Children follow a boy in a rowboat as he makes his way around the world, visiting animals who “dream by a stream.” The visual device of the boy adds child appeal, but the real stars here are the animals themselves: a beaver in his lodge; a capybara, the world’s largest rodent, asleep on a mat of grass near the Amazon River; a water vole slipping through the underwater entrance to its grassy den. Then there are the mammals that live in the water, such as India’s river dolphin. Softly colored illustrations capture the feel of evening, matching the gentle yet informative tone of the text. Teachers and parents will like the back matter, which includes activities linked to a rivers map and a game that asks readers to link pictures of animals with their descriptions (not always easy to do). Additional activities are available at the publisher’s Web site. Grades 1-3. --Ilene Cooper

About this edition

• Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0977742342
• ISBN 13: 9780977742349
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Connie McLennan