Bas Relief Publishing Group.Bas Relief Noun 1. bas relief - a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut basso relievo, basso rilievo, low relief Publishing Group PO Box 426, Glenshaw, PA 15116 $10.95 each http://www.basrelief.org Two butterfly books from the Bas Relief Publishing Group are ideal choices for families, schools, and community libraries seeking to augment their "Pets/Life" picture book collections for young children. Milkweed milkweed, common name for members of the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly perennial herbs and shrubs characterized by milky sap, a tuft of silky hairs attached to the seed (for wind distribution), and (usually) a climbing habit. Visitors (0965747247) by naturalist Mary Holland Mary Holland (June 19, 1935 – June 7, 2004), was a British journalist who specialised in writing about Ireland, and in particular Northern Ireland. She came to prominence as one of the first British journalists to report on the rise of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights introduces some of the small creatures that live in a patch of common milkweed Common Milkweed (Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, Virginia Silkweed;Asclepias syriaca) is a species of milkweed, native to most of North America east of the Rockies, with the exception of the drier parts of the Prairies. in Vermont. Monarch! Come Play With Me by naturalist, illustrator, writer, and butterfly expert Ba Rea (0965747255) follows a young girl as she gets to know a monarch during its amazing metamorphosis from caterpillar to adult butterfly. As she compares her own growth and activities to those of a monarch butterfly, she learns to love it and then let it go. Both of these entertaining and informative books are hallmarked by a simple, engaging text profusely pro·fuse adj. 1. Plentiful; copious. 2. Giving or given freely and abundantly; extravagant: were profuse in their compliments. illustrated by brightly colored artwork (in Monarch! Come Play With Me) or photography (in Milkweed Visitors). Also highly recommended and outstanding books for young nature lovers by Ba Rea include My Monarch Investigation (co-authored with Leah Pins and published by Lifestrands Inc.); Midweek, Monarchs and More (co- authored with Karen Oberhausen and Mike Quinn); There Have Always Been Puffins (co-authored with C.J. Rea); and A Whale's Tale from the Supper Sea (also co-authored by C.J. Rea). |
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