Creekfinding: A True Story

By Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Book Overview

Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects and brook trout that ate them, frogs that chirruped and birds watching for bugs and fish. This is a true story about a man named Mike who went looking for that creek long after it was buried under fields of corn. It is the story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and with it a whole world of nature.

In the words of award-winning author Jacqueline Briggs Martin and the enchanting illustrations by Claudia McGehee, this heartening tale of an ecosystem restored in the Driftless Area of northeast Iowa unfolds in a way that will charm and inform young readers who are drawn to a good mystery, the wonders of nature--and, of course, big earth-moving machines.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816698023
• ISBN13: 9780816698028
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.1" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3