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Informationen zum Autor Born in London to U.S. citizens, Monica Wellington was raised in Germany and Switzerland. She studied pottery, painting, and printmaking at the University of Michigan School of Art and later studied illustration under Bruce Degan at the School of Visual Arts. She has illustrated more than forty books for children and has written most of them. Dear Ballerina , published by Holiday House, was inspired by Monica’s daughter, a dancer with Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. Klappentext A fun story with maps and mazes shows children where their food comes from. Ruby and Ned gather eggs from their hens and ride their red truck to deliver the eggs--to the farmer’s market, the restaurant, the school, the grocery story, and the bakery. The baker uses the eggs in her yummiest cookies--and gives them to Ruby and Ned! Interactive: with 6 mazes and illustrations with fun details to “spy.”Lots of learning fun: map skills, sequencing, STEM, communities, and more.Picture clues help children pick out important words.Female role model: Ruby drives a truck and is a farmer.Art style has the elegant charm of American folk art. Zusammenfassung A fun story with maps and mazes shows children where their food comes from. Ruby and Ned gather eggs from their hens and ride their red truck to deliver the eggs--to the farmer’s market, the restaurant, the school, the grocery story, and the bakery. The baker uses the eggs in her yummiest cookies--and gives them to Ruby and Ned! Interactive: with 6 mazes and illustrations with fun details to “spy.” Lots of learning fun: map skills, sequencing, STEM, communities, and more. Picture clues help children pick out important words. Female role model: Ruby drives a truck and is a farmer. Art style has the elegant charm of American folk art.
