Cool Woods.Cool Woods Jane Drake & Ann Love Tundra Books PO Box 1030, Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, city (1990 pop. 21,255), seat of Clinton co., NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain; settled 1767, inc. 1902. It is a trade and distribution point, with plants making transportation equipment, paper, and plastics. The city is also a summer vacation center, attracting Canadians as well as Americans., NY 12901 0887766080 $19.95 tundrabooks.com There are plenty of children's books about forests, but Cool Woods: A Trip Around The World's Boreal Forest is something different: it offers a narrowed focus on woods around the top of the globe from North America to Siberia Siberia (sībēr`ēə), Rus. Sibir, vast geographical region of Russia, covering c.2,900,000 sq mi (7,511,000 sq km) and having an estimated population (1992) of 32,459,000. and Europe, and it provides a regional focus allowing kids to consider not just natural history, but history, folklore, and plants as well. The black and white and color artwork throughout by Andrew Kiss is gorgeous: Kiss spends much of his time viewing wildlife in its native habitat and his background lends to these exquisite illustrations. |
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