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Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky

Animal Poems

Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky( )
Author: Heard, Georgia
Illustrator: Dewey, Jennifer Owings
ISBN:978-1-56397-635-3
Publication Date:Jan 1997
Publisher:Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc.
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $18.99
Book Description:

Creatures of land, water, and sky are featured here in short poems for early readers. Noted poet and educator Georgia Heard writes about baboons and bears, eagles and bats, dragonflies and frogs. Naturalist and illustrator Jennifer Dewey captures each animal in dramatic detail. The book is written and illustrated with a reverence for the natural world and for wildlife and will find an audience not only in children but in nature-lovers of all ages.

Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):19.05 x 20.32 x 0.406 cm
Book Weight:0.096 Kilograms
Author Biography
Heard, Georgia (Author)
Author and illustrator Jennifer Owings Dewey was raised in New Mexico, but graduated from high school in California. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of New Mexico. Her writing career shows her deep attachment to the natural world and an interest in wilderness and unique environments. She received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a four-month stay in Antarctica, where she sketched and photographed the landscape and wildlife and kept a detailed journal of her experiences. She received the Orbis Pictus Award for Wildlife Rescue: The Work of Dr. Kathleen Ramsay, the John Burroughs Award for Mud Matters, and the National Science Teachers Association Award for her body of work in the field of nonfiction for children. She currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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