The Groundhog Day Book of Facts and Fun

by Wendie C. Old, Paige Billin-Frye (Illustrator)

Overview

This book of facts and fun provides plenty of information about groundhogs and the origin of Groundhog Day. Groundhog riddles and ideas for throwing a Groundhog Day party are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807530672
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Wendie C. Old has been a storyteller and children's librarian for over 30 years. She is the author of seven biographies for middle schoolers and one for early elementary school, as well as three picture books for younger readers.

Editorial Reviews

Peppered with quirky little boxed riddles ("What is a groundhog's favorite book? HOLES, by Louis Sachar"), this look at the major hole-digging animal in the eastern US delivers the facts and fun it promises. Readers learn that "groundhogs are woodchucks are whistle pigs are marmots," that groundhogs perform the important job of aerating earth and creating topsoil, and that "nothing gets wasted in nature." Along the way, they are entertained by Billin-Frye's lighthearted, comic watercolor illustrations of this denizen of the dirt in all his grime and glory, and by deftly delivered facts and figures (and party plans, complete with suggestions for games, shadow activities, food, and crafts) about groundhogs past and present and about the interesting evolution of Groundhog Day. A final page of riddles will leave readers grinning. (Picture book/nonfiction. 5-10)

Kirkus Reviews

"Sprightly watercolor pictures jumping with cartoon-style groundhogs work hand in hand with the clearly stated information."

Booklist

"A final page of riddles will leave readers grinning."

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