Here Is the Wetland
The wetland is a murky, moist, and mysterious world. Atop its glittering surface and beneath its shadowy depths, birds, bass, minks, and muskrats struggle to survive and flourish. Madeleine Dunphy’s lyrical prose shows the relationships between the wetland’s plants and animals, giving young readers a clear picture of how each living creature depends on the others for survival. Illustrator Wayne McLoughlin adds stunning visuals, with luminous, detailed paintings that convey the fragile...
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The wetland is a murky, moist, and mysterious world. Atop its glittering surface and beneath its shadowy depths, birds, bass, minks, and muskrats struggle to survive and flourish. Madeleine Dunphy’s lyrical prose shows the relationships between the wetland’s plants and animals, giving young readers a clear picture of how each living creature depends on the others for survival. Illustrator Wayne McLoughlin adds stunning visuals, with luminous, detailed paintings that convey the fragile beauty and complexity of this critically important ecological community.Children's LiteratureA wetland is a place where water soaks the soil and all sorts of plants and animals live in this moist environment. The cumulative text tells about how the plants and animals are interrelated. McLoughlin's exquisite illustrations of the cattails, muskrat, birds, frogs, snakes and the like reinforce this message and provide a stunning visual visit to a freshwater wetland. The last page provides a brief note on wetlands and the animals depicted in the book. Also in the series are Here Is the Arctic Winter, Here Is the Southwestern Desert, and Here is the Tropical Rainforest.
\ Children's Literature\ - Marilyn Courtot\ A wetland is a place where water soaks the soil and all sorts of plants and animals live in this moist environment. The cumulative text tells about how the plants and animals are interrelated. McLoughlin's exquisite illustrations of the cattails, muskrat, birds, frogs, snakes and the like reinforce this message and provide a stunning visual visit to a freshwater wetland. The last page provides a brief note on wetlands and the animals depicted in the book. Also in the series are Here Is the Arctic Winter, Here Is the Southwestern Desert, and Here is the Tropical Rainforest.\ \ \ \ \ School Library JournalK-Gr 3-An excellent addition to books on the environment. Many children will be familiar with freshwater marshes and the animals and plants portrayed here, but this picture book is accessible to those readers who are not. Cumulative phrases, reminiscent of "This is the house that Jack built," give a pleasant cadence to the text, which paints a picture of this ecological community. McLoughlin's attractive, full-paged, colorful paintings capture wetland life. An address for the National Audubon Society completes this beautiful package.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Library, Manassas, VA\ \
