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Zusatztext "This book shares information about weeds which the reader will find fascinating. The word “weeds” usually conjures up plants that are unwanted; Jenson-Elliot presents weeds in a different light. . . . The full-page illustrations are beautiful! using earth colors. . . . This book would be a wonderful read-aloud." Informationen zum Autor Cindy Jenson-Elliott is the author of the celebrated Weeds Find a Way illustrated by Carolyn Fisher. She is a freelance writer for a variety of newspapers, magazines, and educational publishers, as well as a teacher and natural history instructor. She has an MA in education, and she enjoys spending time outdoors in San Diego, California, where she lives with her family. Visit her at CindyJensonElliott.com. Klappentext Describes some of the ways that weeds live and grow in the most hostile environments, such as a tangle of tree roots or a crack in the cellar of an old house, where other plants cannot thrive. Zusammenfassung Weeds are wonderful! Persistent! exuberant…these plants have personalities! and this nonfiction picture book puts them on colorful display! From bright yellow dandelions popping through cracks in sidewalks to purple loosestrife growing rampant along roadways! weeds offer unexpected splashes of color and life to the least likely of places. With lovely language and a sly sense of humor! this beautiful picture book celebrates the tenacious temperaments of these pesky plants and is sure to have little ones chanting! “Way to go! weeds!”
