Dear treefrog

"With magical, concise and perceptive poems, Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman captures the life of a tree frog in an intimate and moving way. A master of the science note, her fascinating sidebars help bind the twin poems together and ground our perspective. We learn how treefrogs have stic...

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Main Author: Sidman, Joyce (Author)
Other Authors: Sudyka, Diana (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
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Summary:"With magical, concise and perceptive poems, Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman captures the life of a tree frog in an intimate and moving way. A master of the science note, her fascinating sidebars help bind the twin poems together and ground our perspective. We learn how treefrogs have sticky toe pads, how they still themselves when in danger, how they can change from green to gray to camouflage themselves - even how they eat their own skins, which is full of nutrients. The narrator's connection with this small creature brings solace, comfort, and a sense of mystery"--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Audience:Ages 4 to 7
Grades K-1
ISBN:9780358064763
0358064767
Author Notes:Poet and author Joyce Sidman was born in Hartford, Connecticut on June 4, 1956. She received a B.A. in German from Wesleyan University and earned her teacher's certificate in 1983. Sidman teaches poetry and is a columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She has published several children's books, including Red Sings from Treetops, and she won the New Women's Voices award for Like the Air.

(Bowker Author Biography)