Spring Moon (Seasons Of The Moon)

Spring Moon (Seasons of the Moon)

Under the spring moon:Follow a salamander into a woodland pond where he and a mate perform an ancestral mating dance.Watch for predators with a new mother chickaree who is trying to protect her young.Look through the eyes of a monarch butterfly as she travels north to her birthplace in Canada.In this series, acclaimed naturalist and Newbery Medal-winning author Jean Craighead George takes readers on a wondrous journey through each season of the year as she captures the lives of thirteen different North American animals in their natural habitats.From Publishers WeeklyThese two entries in the Seasons of the Moon series, together with Fall Moon and Winter Moon, follow the 13 moons of a lunar year. Each chapter covers one cycle of the moon and is relayed by a different North American animal; the chapters were originally published as individual picture books. Minor's color plates, bound into the center of the book, handsomely capture each animal's habitat. Ages 8-12. (Feb.)nCopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.About the AuthorJean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. Born into a family of famous naturalists, Jean spent her entire career writing books that celebrated the natural world.