Prairie Dog Song: The Key to Saving North America's Grasslands - Hardcover

Roth, Susan L; Trumbore, Cindy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1620142457 ISBN 13: 9781620142455

Publisher: Lee & Low Books, 2016

Synopsis

For thousands of years, green and gold grasses covered North America from Canada to Mexico. The prairie and desert grasslands were home to a variety of animals, from small prairie dogs to huge bison. But in the nineteenth century, ranching and farming took hold in the grasslands, and over time many of the animals and plants vanished.

Then, in the late 1980s, scientists discovered a region in Mexico where green and gold grasses still waved and prairie dogs still barked. The scientists understood the importance of this grassland ecosystem and the prairie dogs' key role in it. Could they now preserve the area and bring back its lost animals and plants?

This moving nonfiction tale of environmental recovery builds on the success of the acclaimed Parrots Over Puerto Rico and The Mangrove Tree. Cumulative song text plus prose passages combine to celebrate North America's grasslands, their iconic prairie dogs, and the dedicated scientists who work to make the grasslands healthy again. Comprehensive backmatter makes this book perfect for classroom use, with text that hits both Science and Social Studies Common Core Standards. Teacher's Guide available at leeandlow.com.

About this title

About the Author:

CINDY TRUMBORE, a longtime collaborator with Susan L. Roth, writes and edits children's books and classroom materials. "You know you are a real nonfiction writer when you've beenchased away from a prairie dog town by an angry cow," says Trumbore. Her bookParrots Over Puerto Ricowon the Robert F. Sibert Medal for Nonfiction from the American Library Association.She lives in New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1620142457
• ISBN 13: 9781620142455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Roth Susan L