Nicky the Nature Detective - Hardcover

Svedberg, Ulf; Selberg, Ingrid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9129587867 ISBN 13: 9789129587869

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1988

Synopsis

Nickey observes her surroundings all year long and can answer questions about why birds sing and how spiders spin webs, in a fully illustrated, informative guide for the beginning naturalist

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Swedish

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-5 An attractive book with all the hallmarks of a shelf-sitter, this interesting ecology observation book was originally published in Sweden. A little girl does various nature observations and experiments through the seasons in the vicinity of a maple tree; for each season, changes in the trees and plants and bird, mammal, and insect life are described in words and handsome watercolors. Changes have obviously been made for a North American audience, but they have not been done carefully: the American word blueberry is used in the text, but the picture is captioned bilberry ; the illustration of a robin is the smaller European bird, and in the ``Spring'' chapter half a page is devoted to the cuckoo's nesting habits. Aimed at middle graders, this looks like a picture book which may be off-putting for the intended age group, and may not be found for assignments either. Rosanne Cerny, New York Public Library
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 9129587867
• ISBN 13: 9789129587869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 52
• Illustrator: Anderson Lena