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My Father's Hands

My Father's Hands( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: Ryder, Joanne
Illustrator: Graham, Mark
ISBN:978-0-688-09189-7
Publication Date:Aug 1994
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperCollins
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

A father makes a green and growing place and finds among the shadows of bushes and flowers hidden treasures. Cupping them in his earth-stained hands, he calls his daughter to come and share his discovery.

Each time, she finds a garden creature to marvel over and remember: a delicate pink circle of worm, a beetle in shining gold armor, or a leaf-green mantis who boldly balances upon her own steady and caring fingers.

With graceful, loving words and vibrant art, Joanne...
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Ryder, Joanne (Author)
Joanne Ryder studied journalism at Marquette University. For several years she was an editor of children's books in New York, before she quit to write full-time.

Ryder is an award-winning author whose books offer a unique blend of poetry and science. Her Just for a Day series invites children into the world of wild animals, ranging from a sea otter to Tyrannosaurus rex.

Ryder's book, The Snail's Spell, won a New York Academy of Sciences Book Award. She has been named three times in the annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by a joint committee of the Children's Book Council and the National Science Teachers Association.

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