Earth & You, A Closer View: Nature's Features (Sharing Nature With Children Book) - Softcover

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Rhyming text and illustrations describe the physical features of the Earth.

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For 30 years J. Patrick Lewis was a college professor, teaching economics. Now he plays with words and hangs out with kids at elementary schools. He is out to prove that "poetry is ear candy," and to inspire a simpatico connection with the natural wonders that surround us. "If there is a better way to spend a lifetime," he says, "I can't imagine what it would be." This is his first book with Dawn Publications. AUTHORBIO (Illustrator): Christopher Canyon is irrepressibly playful as well as passionate about illustrating children's picture books. He teaches illustration at the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus Ohio, is a frequent speaker at professional events, and his illustrations have been displayed in several national exhibitions. But his favorite audience is children and he makes a point of visiting schools often. Two of his previous books for Dawn Publications, The Tree in the Ancient Forest and Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog, won the Benjamin Franklin Award as best illustrated children's books of the year. He is also the illustrator of Wonderful Nature, Wonderful You, and the beautiful new Dawn release, Earth & You - A Closer View: Nature's Features.
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Gr 2-4-Lewis, one of the reigning sovereigns of silly verse, turns from nonsense to good sense in this consciousness-raiser. Urging his readers to "Make the Earth your companion./Walk lightly on it,/as other creatures do," he embarks on a free-verse tour of terrestrial features and habitats, from a limpid lake to a bursting volcano, a teeming wetland to a busy classroom. His language is simple but high toned: "Let the Sea be horizon to hope,/let seashore be the landfall/you dream on." These meditations and observations are linked to create a sense of continuity, and printed over richly colored, luxuriously detailed landscapes filled with monumental landforms and expertly rendered wildlife. Children (and some adults, too) will be moved by the lyrical sweep of these poems and pictures to a greater appreciation for nature's grand beauty. Consider this title, the first of a trio celebrating the community of living things, as a companion or alternative to such global-awareness enhancers as Barbara Brenner's The Earth Is Painted Green (Scholastic, 1994) or Michael Foreman's One World (Arcade, 1991; o.p.).-John Peters, New York Public Library

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