On This Spot: An Expedition Back Through Time
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688169139 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
What happened on that spot?. Now travel farther still, to when glaciers crept dinosaurs preyed a tropical sea teemed with ancient creatures back 540 million years, when rock was all you could see.What happened on this spot?What will happen next?Look out your window. Turn again and go back 400 years to when a Lenape Indian trail crossed the spot. Now turn the page and time-travel back 175 years, where on the same spot carriages bumped and pigs raced across cobblestones. On This Spot…See buildings soar and traffic zoom, a kaleidoscope of color and movement
School Library Journal called the illustrations "breathtaking" while Kirkus Reviews noted the "vivid artwork complements the elegant text, often extending it with additional details." Water Hole Waiting was named a School Library Journal Best Book and a National Science Teachers Association/Children's Book Council Outstanding Science Trade Book. Susan E. Lee Christiansen lives in Red Lodge, Montana, with his wife and sons.. Her book <
"This is a great beginning to our study of where we live" according to Tricia Arrison. This is a great beginning to our study of where we live, then and now. The students become excited about learning about our area after hearing this story.
From Booklist Gr. Exciting words and double-page artwork celebrate New York City now. Turn the pages and there's always surprise: 350 years ago fewer than 1,500 people lived in what was then called New Amsterdam, but 18 different languages echoed through the streets; 400 years ago, the Lenapes hunted on a trail that later became a street named Broadway. Christiansen's pastel illustrations, enhanced with dramatic computer images, are clear and informative, though sometimes too cute (a smiling woolly mammoth), but the text does make complex information immediate for children, who will learn some amazing facts. This picture book is a great way to introduce the sweep of history and the drama of geological change. Hazel RochmanCopyright © American Library Association. 2-4, younger for reading aloud. Then the leaps back in time become huge--190 million years, to the age of the dino