Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane (Smithsonian's Backyard) - Hardcover

Korman, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568998619 ISBN 13: 9781568998619

Publisher: Soundprints, 2001

Synopsis

Children follow Box Turtle as she stirs from her cozy bed of leaves and soil to find the perfect spot to lay her eggs. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Box Turtle at Silver Pond 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
- 32 pages
- Appropriate for ages 3-9
- Mini book dimensions: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Korman has written over a dozen books for children, including Alien Alert and Hector's Haunted House in the Gostwriter mystery series and Megan's Balancing Act and The Gost of Camp Whispering Pines in the Magic Attic Club series. Her books for younger readers include Wake Up, Groundhog! and Big Builders. Susan graduated from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York, where she studied English and history. Formerly a children's book editor at several major book publishers, Susan currently writes and edits from her home in Yardley, Pennsylvania.

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 2-A day in the life of a female box turtle includes searching for food, withstanding threats from a raccoon and a car, and laying her eggs. Attractive oil paintings effectively portray her environment with a dark palette of greens, blues, and browns. The author is careful to avoid personification in this snapshot of one turtle. The book is similar to William T. George's highly acclaimed Box Turtle at Long Pond (Greenwillow, 1989). It follows a day in the life of a male box turtle and is accompanied by exquisite gouache paintings. It edges out Korman's book in preciseness of language and detail in illustration, but both are worthy purchases and would work well together for comparisons of male and female box turtles as well as the styles of authors and illustrators.

Ellen Heath, Orchard School, Ridgewood, NJ

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Soundprints
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1568998619
• ISBN 13: 9781568998619
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 31
• Illustrator: Marchesi Stephen