Copyright Date:
2023
Edition Date:
2023
Release Date:
10/24/23
Illustrator:
Empson, Jo,
Pages:
1 folded sheet (20 pages)
ISBN:
0-7112-8349-4
ISBN 13:
978-0-7112-8349-7
Dewey:
591.76
Dimensions:
32 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
School Library Journal Starred Review
(Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
PreS-Gr 4— Guillain has devised a new book in the "Look Closer" series: a vibrant concertina—or fold-out book—which, with Empson's bright coursing illustrations, ingeniously follows a river winding to the sea. The river's source begins in the craggy snowy peaks of a mountain, populated by moose and white-tailed deer. The river gathers strength, passing through chasms, becoming a waterfall here and there, traveling through bucolic pastures and other landscapes until it joins and becomes imperceptible in the sea. Without page turns, the format is ideal for showing how one river can unite a variety of ecosystems, habitats, and throughways. The friendly text points out connections to the changing scenery as well as the river source in the rocky peaks all the way to the wide-open river mouth, passing gorges, waterfalls, farms, docks, train tracks, overpasses, highways, cities, and more. Humans show up in wading boots and kayaks; as tourists and swimmers; on trains and zip lines; farmers, workers loading vehicles, birders, everywhere. They are not always labeled, but all the other wildlife is! Tiny pond skaters and water beetles are at home in the river, as the large gray whales are at the river's ultimate destination. This is an absolutely sensational piece of creativity. VERDICT Eye-opening information in a simple style; if the format reads young, the epiphanies are for preschool through upper elementary-aged children.— Kimberly Olson Fakih
*2023 Good Housekeeping Best Kids Book Award Winner*
*2023 Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year: Ecology*
This richly illustrated concertina book takes the reader from the top of a mountain spring, through varying landscapes, and follows a river's journey from its source to the sea. With a focus on the important role waterways play in human and environmental survival, The River That Flows Beside Me explores the changing landscapes along a river's journey and the habits and ecosystems that call the river their home.
A follow-up to The Street Beneath My Feet, The Skies Above My Eyes, and The Sea Below My Toes, this visually stunning book finds the river in the rocky peaks, and tracks it as it winds its way through coniferous forest, gushes through v-shaped valleys, and roars down magnificent waterfalls. Further downstream, readers will journey with the river past beaver dams, floodplains, oxbow lakes, paddle-boarders, bridges, and more.
On your journey, meet the animals that call the river home, including:
- White-tailed deer
- Grizzly bears
- Otter
- Smallmouth bass
- Dragonflies
With a primary focus on the river's ecosystems, wildlife, and geological processesThe River That Flows Beside Me also explores the way that humans interact with the river landscape, using it both to survive and also to enjoy. The beauty and variety of river landscapes are bought to life by Jo Empson's rich illustrations.
This book is part of the Look Closer series, a set of concertina books that help teach us about the mysteries and wonders that are found in the world around us.
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