John Muir: America's First Environmentalist - Hardcover

Lasky, Kathryn; Fellows, Stanley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763619574 ISBN 13: 9780763619572

Verlag: Candlewick Pr, 2006

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Paints a vivid portrait of the life of John Muir, a writer, a scholar, an inventor, a shepherd, a farmer, an explorer, and a naturalist who devoted his life to the land, influenced the first national park in America, Yosemite, and founded the Sierra Club in 1892, a conservation group that is still in existence. Jr Lib Guild.

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KATHRYN LASKY is the acclaimed author of more than forty books for children, including VISION OF BEAUTY: THE STORY OF SARAH BREEDLOVE WALKER; A VOICE OF HER OWN: THE STORY OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY, SLAVE POET; INTERRUPTED JOURNEY: SAVING ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES; and SUGARING TIME, which was a Newbery Honor Book. Of JOHN MUIR: AMERICA'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTALIST, she says, "This book is a celebration of one man's imagination and prescience, as well as his capacity to live creatively in great solitude."

STAN FELLOWS studied at the Minnesota College of Art and Design and at the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California. He has illustrated several books for children and has done editorial work for magazines. About JOHN MUIR, he says, "This book was an absolute delight to work on. Going to my studio each day to paint these pieces was like taking the day off to wander fields and mountains."

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Candlewick Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0763619574
• ISBN 13: 9780763619572
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Zeichner: Fellows Stanley
• Anzahl der Seiten: 41
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