Ferdinand Fox's First Summer (Arbordale Collection) - Softcover

Mary Holland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607186268 ISBN 13: 9781607186267

Publisher: Arbordale Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Outstanding Science Trade Book
2013 Bronze Moonbeam Award
Follow this photographic journal of a red fox as he explores the world around him during the first few months of his life. He's about a month old when he first comes out of the den. Watch as he learns to hunt through play and by using his senses. See the changes as he grows from a young kit to a young fox. After all, by the next summer, he'll have kits of his own! Naturalist photographer and environmental educator Mary Holland has captured Ferdinand Fox's First Summer in a way that is sure to grab children's hearts.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Holland is a naturalist, nature photographer, columnist, and award-winning author with a life-long passion for natural history. After graduating from the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources, Mary worked as a naturalist at the Museum of the Hudson Highlands in New York state, directed the state-wide Environmental Learning for the Future program for the Vermont Institute of Natural Science, worked as a resource naturalist for the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and designed and presented her own Knee-High Nature Programs for libraries and elementary schools throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. Her children's book, Milkweed Visitors, received national acclaim when it was placed on the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Books and Films list for the best books of 2006 in the category Children's Books under Zoological Sciences. Mary's book Naturally Curious: a Photographic Field Guide and Month-by-Month Journey Through the Fields, Woods and Marshes of New England won the 2011 National Outdoor Book Award for the Nature Guidebook category. Mary lives in Vermont with her lab, Emma.

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 1-Ferdinand is a red fox kit who begins life in a den with his brothers and sisters. Readers observe him and his siblings getting milk from their mother and, as they grow, waiting for her to bring them food. Also discussed are foxes' keen senses and how meaningful play teaches them to thrive in the wild. The story, which takes readers through the course of a year, concludes with Ferdinand's gradual approach to independence as he must hunt on his own. Each spread includes a large, engaging photo and a paragraph or two of text. The book concludes with additional facts about red foxes and short activities about their life cycle and diets. No sources are listed. The brief text does not have much depth, but it is accurately touted as being a "fun-to-read story and a launch pad for discussions and learning."-Stephanie Farnlacher, Trace Crossings Elementary School, Hoover, ALα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1607186268
• ISBN 13: 9781607186267
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32