Nature's Patchwork Quilt: Understanding Habitats

by Mary Miche

Consie Powell (Illustrator)

Just imagine all of nature-mountains, prairies, ocean and all-lying on your bed as a patchwork quilt! Take flora and fauna in their unique habitats, fold them up and you have a book, this book. Earth's major habitats are spread before you, ready to be examined. Here in this beautiful package are revealed the key concepts of natural science. This patchwork quilt of nature covers the whole Earth, your home-yours to learn about, to enjoy, to care for and to love.

Also available in hardback 9781584691693

Ages 4 to 12

• ISBN10: 1584691700
• ISBN13: 9781584691709
• Publish Date: 1 November 2012 (first published 1 September 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 14 June 2024
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Dawn Publications,U.S.
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 32
• Language: English

Reviews

[cherryblossommj]

What a beautiful book this is! (I read an electronic galley format, and would love to have a real copy for our shelves!) I actually stumbled across this looking for something with quilts, but I’m delighted to have made this discovery. Nature’s Patchwork Quilt is a book that I could easily picture being sold in museum and field trip gift shops as well as being using for a nature or ecology class. A definite jewel for homeschool or otherwise.

Every page is fascinating to look at with absolutely gorgeous artwork illustrations. I could very well picture a kiddo pouring over this for hours just staring at all the pictures and seeing how things work together in their kingdoms. There are bold words for vocabulary emphasis and at the end of the book there is a few pages of activities and suggestions for further learning. While I haven’t heard of these author/illustrator team or this publisher before I’m quite impressed with the digital galley and I think that the actual physical book must be just as impressive if not more so depending on the materials they used to publish it. I’m going to have to look for this one, and right now would not hesitate to recommend it.

*Thanks to the Independent Book Publishers Association for loaning an eCopy for review through NetGalley.*

posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2012/10/09/natures-patchwork-quilt-understanding-habitats/