Step Gently Out by Helen Frost
A dazzlingly poetic photo album of the insect world for tots on up. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) What would happen if you walked very, very quietly and looked carefully at the natural world outside? You might see a cricket leap, a moth spread her wings, or a spider step across a silken web. In simple, evocative language, Helen Frost hints at the many tiny creatures around us, while in stunning close-up photographs, Rick Lieder captures a katydid's eye, a firefly, and many more living wonders awaiting discovery. Back matter amplifies the descriptions of the insects and spiders in the book.
Frost, Helen: - Helen Frost is the author of several books for young people, including Hidden, Diamond Willow, Crossing Stones, The Braid, and Keesha's House, selected an Honor Book for the Michael L. Printz Award. Helen Frost was born in 1949 in South Dakota, the fifth of ten children. She recalls the summer her family moved from South Dakota to Oregon, traveling in a big trailer and camping in places like the Badlands and Yellowstone. Her father told the family stories before they went to sleep, and Helen would dream about their travels, her family, and their old house. That's how I became a writer, she says. I didn't know it at the time, but all those things were accumulating somewhere inside me. As a child, she loved to travel, think, swim, sing, learn, canoe, write, argue, sew, play the piano, play softball, play with dolls, daydream, read, go fishing, and climb trees. Now, when she sits down to write, her own experiences become the details of her stories. Helen has lived in South Dakota, Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Scotland, Colorado, Alaska, California, and Indiana. She currently lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with her family.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780763656010 |
| ISBN 10 | 0763656011 |
| Title | Step Gently Out |
| Author | Helen Frost |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2012-03-13 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Prizes | Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Up to Seven) 2013, Commended for Texas 2x2 Reading List 2013, Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Primary) 2015, Short-listed for Star of the North Picture Book Award 2014 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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