Jean Craighead George - Look to the North, A Wolf Pup Diary Illustrated by Lucia Washburn

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Bestelnummer: 09-0345

Beschrijving

George uses a journal approach to illuminate the first 10+ months of life for three wolf pups born to an alpine tundra pack.  
 
Each entry in the "diary" is prefaced with a message (in colored inks) to readers/listeners living south of the area telling them how to keep "tundra-time" in the framework of their own seasons.  
 
"When you see dandelions turning silver...." "When the yellow warblers return...." "When you are eating fresh blueberries...."  
Then, George writes, "Look to the north" and in the following paragraph(s), she describes the pups, their gradual development, and their environment.  
 
The lyrical text is accompanied by large, realistic acrylic paintings of the adult wolves, the pups, and their habitat along with small cameos of the southern reminders - a clump of dandelions, a yellow warbler, ripe blueberries, etc.  
 
The author's research is impeccable, and her affection for her subject evident, affirmed in a personal note.  
 
Children will take pleasure in the simply worded narrative and the warm pictures, and will store some accurate wolf data in their memories, as well as take stronger note of their own habitats as they keep an eye out for dandelions, for fresh blueberries on the table, and for Halloween jack-o-lanterns on front porches. 
 
Scholastic (1998), 32 blz. 
Slappe kaft, afm. 22 x 25,5 cm. 
In goede+ staat.