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\"\"One North Star: A Counting Book<\/strong> <\/em>
\nby Phyllis Root; illus by Beckie Prange and Betsy Bowen
\n36 pages; ages 8-12
\nUniv Of Minnesota Press, 2016<\/p>\n

Who lives here under one north star?<\/em><\/p>\n

One by one, we meet the plants and animals that share the land beneath the star. Phyllis Root takes readers on a field trip through bog and marsh, along river and around lake, across prairie and into the woods, counting flora and fauna as we go. The woodcut and water illustrations by Beckie Prange and Betsy Bowen provide additional opportunities to explore diverse habitats and plants and animals living there.<\/p>\n

What I like about this book:<\/span><\/em> Each spread introduces different species. For example, One moose\u2026 but on the next page it\u2019s two bats and one hawk. By the end of the book we\u2019ve met 55 different plants, birds, fish, insects, mammals, and herps. I also like that Root includes the reader in her book. \u201cYou live here, too,\u201d she writes. \u201cWe all live together under one north star.\u201d Nine pages of back matter provide further opportunity for curious young naturalists to explore each habitat and the wild things living there. And (very important) \u2013 how to locate the north star in the sky above you. I give this book a constellation\u2019s worth of stars, and One Big North Star.<\/p>\n

Head over to Archimedes Notebook<\/a> for more sky books and some hands-on activities (including how to make a telescope).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2019 Sue Heavenrich <\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One North Star: A Counting Book by Phyllis Root; illus by Beckie Prange and Betsy Bowen 36 pages; ages 8-12 Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2016 Who lives here under one north star? One by one, we meet the plants and animals that share the land beneath the star. Phyllis Root takes readers on a field … <\/p>\n

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