Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects and brook trout that ate them, frogs that chirruped and birds watching for bugs and fish. This is a true story about a man named Mike who went looking for that creek long after it was buried under fields of corn. It is the story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and with it a whole world of nature.
In the words of award-winning author Jacqueline Briggs Martin and the enchanting illustrations by Claudia McGehee, this heartening tale of an ecosystem restored in the Driftless Area of northeast Iowa unfolds in a way that will charm and inform young readers who are drawn to a good mystery, the wonders of nature-and, of course, big earth-moving machines.
ISBN: | 9780816698028 |
Publication date: | 7th March 2017 |
Author: | Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
Illustrator: | Claudia McGehee |
Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 36 pages |
Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ecosystems Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction |