A Nature Alphabet (West Coast Wild)
by Deborah Hodge (Author) Karen Reczuch (Illustrator)
Celebrate the Pacific west coast with this gorgeous nature alphabet book.
This stunning nature alphabet book explores the fascinating ecosystem of the Pacific west coast -- a magnificent area that combines an ancient rainforest, a rugged beach and a vast, open ocean, and where whales, bears, wolves, eagles and a rich variety of marine species thrive in an interconnected web of life.
Author Deborah Hodge has spent more than forty years on the west coast, frequently visiting the Pacific Rim region, and she knows it intimately. From A to Z she describes in vivid language the rainforest, ocean and beach, and a great variety of animals that a child might see walking along the shore -- from tiny sea jellies to inquisitive sandpipers to leaping orcas. Illustrator Karen Reczuch brings her remarkable talent to the book, and has created image after image that is simply breathtaking. The text and art have been carefully checked for scientific accuracy.
Includes a note about the Pacific west coast and suggestions for exploring the region and further reading.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
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Publishers Weekly
This alphabet book from Hodge (Rescuing the Children) and Reczuch (Loon) essentially does double duty as an advertisement for the natural glories of the Pacific Northwest--it's the rare reader who won't want to travel there after they reach Z (which stands for the intertidal zone, "where land and sea meet"). Hodge's forthright narration offers details about familiar creatures like bears, cougars, and orca, but she sneaks in some surprises, too--how many readers will be familiar with Velella velella, which float atop the waves "like little blue sailboats"? But in many ways, it's Reczuch's watercolor-and-pencil images that make the book--from lowly tangles of kelp sprawled across the beach to soaring rainforest trees, her precisely drafted illustrations find majesty and beauty in the creatures, vegetation, and landscapes that make the Pacific Northwest so distinctive. Ages 4-7. (Sept.)
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School Library Journal
K-Gr 3--Reczuch's gorgeous watercolors are the centerpiece of this informative ABC picture book about the habitats along the west coast of North America. The clean design allows readers to focus on the visuals and the meaning of the text. Each page has two or three well-crafted sentences describing a plant or animal that lives in the Pacific Northwest. Hodge manages to find noteworthy specimens for every letter, even X (Xiphister, an eel-like fish). Useful back matter rounds out this charming and original abecedarium. VERDICT This award-winning author and illustrator team present an elegant introduction to the organisms of the Pacific Rim, as well as a useful and accessible model for descriptive writing.--Maggi Idzikowski, Ann Arbor Public Schools, MI
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Nancy Gray Ogle is an avid naturalist, art teacher and nature illustrator. She lives in Muskoka, Ontario.
JNF013010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Alphabet
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
Alphabet
Alphabet books
British Columbia
Coastal ecology
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Region (B.C
Pacific Coast (B.C.)
Pacific Coast
