Ages 5-8. This Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out Science book presents
food chains and food webs on land and under water. Besides showing
who eats what in the wild, it brings the food chain idea closer to
home with the suggestion that children draw pictures showing the
chains for the things they eat, such as their milk, which came from
a cow, which ate grass. Clear, simple ink-and-watercolor drawings
illustrate the clear, simple text. Informative and intriguing, this
basic science book leads childr
內容簡介:
An award-winning author and artist explain how every link in a
food chain is important because each living thing depends on others
for survival. "Clear, simple drawings illustrate the clear, simple
text. Informative and intriguing, this basic science book leads
children to think about the complex and interdependent web of life
on Earth.
關於作者:
Patricia Lauber is the author of more than sixty-five books for
young readers. Many of them are in the field of science, and their
range reflects the diversity of her own interests-bats, dolphins,
dogs, volcanoes, earthquakes, the ice ages, the Everglades, the
planets, earthworms. Two of her books, SEEDS: POP STICK GLIDE and
JOURNEY TO THE PLANETS, were nonfiction nominees for The American
Book Awards. She was the 1983 winner of The Washington
PostChildren''s Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to
children''s nonfiction literature.
As well as writing books, Ms. Lauber has been editor of Junior
Scholastic, editor-in-chief of Science World, and chief editor,
science and mathematics, of The New Book of Knowledge.
A graduate of Wellesley College, she is married and lives in
Connecticut. When not writing, she enjoys hiking, sailing,
traveling, cooking, reading, and listening to music.