What rot! : nature's mighty recycler

Available (3)

Location	Collection	Call #
Penn Hills Library	Picture Books	PICTURE 574.2 RIN
Location	Penn Hills Library
Collection	Picture Books
Call Number	PICTURE 574.2 RIN
Penn Hills Library	Picture Books	PICTURE 574.2 RIN
Location	Penn Hills Library
Collection	Picture Books
Call Number	PICTURE 574.2 RIN
Shaler North Hills Library	Juvenile Non-Fiction	j 632.4 R
Location	Shaler North Hills Library
Collection	Juvenile Non-Fiction
Call Number	j 632.4 R

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Summary

Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "Gr. 3^-5, younger for reading aloud. With an eye-catching cover showing a rotten jack-o'-lantern with new pumpkin plants sprouting inside, this combines a topic of keen interest to children with spectacular photographs. Using a sprightly tone ("Now the pumpkin wears a weird grin" ), Ring talks about the ways that fruits, flowers, and leaves decompose and discusses some of nature's "rotters," such as bacteria and beetles. Following the decay of a log, she describes a variety of molds, fungi, mosses, insects, and animals that help the decomposition process along. The explanations are clear, and Ring includes a glossary that provides additional information without burdening the main text. Crisp, colorful, and thoughtfully selected close-up photographs taken by Dwight Kuhn add interesting, sometimes funny touches throughout. Appealing to kids and an invaluable resource for primary-grade teachers doing units on composting. --Susan Dove Lempke"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

Additional Information

Subjects	Biodegradation -- Juvenile literature. Death (Biology) -- Juvenile literature. Biodegradation. Ecology.
Publisher	Brookfield, Conn. :Millbrook Press,1996
Contributors	Kuhn, Dwight.
Language	English
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN	1562946714
Other	Classic View