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John Muir.


John Muir

Kathryn Lasky

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2067 Massachusetts Avenue Massachusetts Avenue may refer to:
  • Massachusetts Avenue (Boston), Massachusetts, also:
  • Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Orange Line station), a subway station on the MBTA Orange Line
, Cambridge, MA 02140

0763619574 $16.99 candlewick.com

It's a pleasure to see Kathryn Lasky's biography, John Muir: America's First Environmentalist environmentalist

a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment.
 appear for a younger audience than biographies of Muir usually writes for: Stan STAN Stanchion
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 Fellows provides gorgeous watercolors to accompany a book which uses John Muir's own diaries as a foundation for an exploration of his life and thoughts. Students in grades 3-5 are provided with a review of his childhood dreams and early love of nature, and will find the picturebook format most accessible.
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Publication:Children's Bookwatch
Article Type:Book review
Date:Jun 1, 2006
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