When snow falls, we love to sled and skate and have snowball fights. But at the end of the day, we go home where it is warm and safe. What about all those animals out there in the forests and fields? What do they do when snow blankets the ground? Journey from your neighborhood to the woods, where ladybugs crowd together in a gap in the stone wall and a chipmunk snoozes in his burrow. Take a side trip to the pond, where a carp rests quietly on the bottom and a green frog nestles in the mud, scarcely breathing. And then as winter passes and the sun's rays grow stronger, join all the animals as they get ready for spring. Award-winning science writer Melissa Stewart offers a lyrical tour of a variety of habitats, providing young readers with vivid glimpses of animals as they live out the winter beneath the snow and ice. Constance R. Bergum's glowing watercolors perfectly capture the wonder and magic that can happen under the snow.
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Under the Snow
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September 01, 2009
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When snow falls, we love to sled and skate and have snowball fights. But at the end of the day, we go home where it is warm and safe. What about all those animals out there in the forests and fields? What do they do when snow blankets the ground? Journey from your neighborhood to the woods, where ladybugs crowd together in a gap in the stone wall and a chipmunk snoozes in his burrow. Take a side trip to the pond, where a carp rests quietly on the bottom and a green frog nestles in the mud, scarcely breathing. And then as winter passes and the sun's rays grow stronger, join all the animals as they get ready for spring. Award-winning science writer Melissa Stewart offers a lyrical tour of a variety of habitats, providing young readers with vivid glimpses of animals as they live out the winter beneath the snow and ice. Constance R. Bergum's glowing watercolors perfectly capture the wonder and magic that can happen under the snow.
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How Animals Survive Winter
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When you see snow, you think of how pretty it is or how cold it is. UNDER THE SNOW opens your eyes to all of the creatures that are doing what they have to in order to survive the cold of winter. Squirrels snuggle in a burrow and sleep for days at a time. Other creatures like a salamander and woodchuck sleep under the ground as well to wait out the cold months.
UNDER THE SNOW teaches about animals and their habitats during winter time. The author even includes animals that live in the water like bluegills and carp. Under the sheet of ice, they barely swim, too cold too dart around for food. UNDER THE SNOW makes you look at the winter differently. As you walk, you wonder what creatures could be hiding under your steps?
Final Verdict: This is perfect for fans of animals, the mysteries what's hiding under the snow, and learning about different habitats and means of survival.
UNDER THE SNOW teaches about animals and their habitats during winter time. The author even includes animals that live in the water like bluegills and carp. Under the sheet of ice, they barely swim, too cold too dart around for food. UNDER THE SNOW makes you look at the winter differently. As you walk, you wonder what creatures could be hiding under your steps?
Final Verdict: This is perfect for fans of animals, the mysteries what's hiding under the snow, and learning about different habitats and means of survival.
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Under the Snow
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Reader reviewed by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Original H.I.R. (Historical Investigative Reporter)
When I think of snow, I think of snowmen, snow-cream and snowball fights! But not until I read UNDER THE SNOW by Melissa Stewart, did I ever think about what actually goes on under my snowy feet.
UNDER THE SNOW is a beautifully written, beautifully-illustrated book about the hidden lives that lie still and quiet beneath the icy snow, waiting for spring to come.
What lives, you ask? Why, there are cute, furry boles tunneling underground and chipmunks snoozing and snacking the winter away. Stewart even shows us how the cloak butterfly finds shelter from the snow in a pile of brush, how the wood frog uses leaves as a warm blanket, and even how the bluegill fish survive winter beneath a thick sheet of ice while humans ice-skate the day away a few inches above them.
This is the ultimate nonfiction book for lovers of animals and the outdoors. The colorful illustrations by artist Constance R. Bergum will keep little ones chattering for a good long time.
Thanks for this one, Melissa. As a former elementary teacher, I can tell you for certain...you did a great job!
When I think of snow, I think of snowmen, snow-cream and snowball fights! But not until I read UNDER THE SNOW by Melissa Stewart, did I ever think about what actually goes on under my snowy feet.
UNDER THE SNOW is a beautifully written, beautifully-illustrated book about the hidden lives that lie still and quiet beneath the icy snow, waiting for spring to come.
What lives, you ask? Why, there are cute, furry boles tunneling underground and chipmunks snoozing and snacking the winter away. Stewart even shows us how the cloak butterfly finds shelter from the snow in a pile of brush, how the wood frog uses leaves as a warm blanket, and even how the bluegill fish survive winter beneath a thick sheet of ice while humans ice-skate the day away a few inches above them.
This is the ultimate nonfiction book for lovers of animals and the outdoors. The colorful illustrations by artist Constance R. Bergum will keep little ones chattering for a good long time.
Thanks for this one, Melissa. As a former elementary teacher, I can tell you for certain...you did a great job!
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