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Acclaimed local artist Betsy Bowen has teamed up once again with children’s author Phyllis Root on a new book.
In Big Belching Bog, Phyllis Root lets us in on the secrets of the mysterious bog, describing such special inhabitants as plants that eat insects, bog lemmings, and frogs that stay frozen through the winter and thaw out in the spring. This book will stir the imagination of young readers and teach them about the landscape and environment of these fascinating places.
About the Authors
Phyllis Root has written more than fifty books for children, including (also from Minnesota) Plant a Pocket of Prairie, One North Star, The Lost Forest, which received a National Outdoor Book Award honorable mention, and, with Liza Ketchum and Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Begin with a Bee. Betsy Bowen has written and illustrated numerous children’s books, including Phyllis Root’s Plant a Pocket of Prairie (Minnesota, 2014), One North Star (Minnesota, 2016), and The Lost Forest (Minnesota, 2019).
PRAISE FOR BIG BELCHING BOG
“A lovely appreciation.” — Kirkus Reviews
“A beautiful thing… A science book wrapped in Root’s
poetic words and Bowen’s unmistakable illustrations.” —
Star Tribune
“Couching the adaptations of plants, insects, and animals that live in the Big Bog in Minnesota as secrets of
survival, this oversize picture book becomes a real page-turner… The stunning full-color woodblocks, many full
spread, are beautiful enough to frame.”
— School Library Journal
“An evocative introduction to a fascinatingly weird
and little-considered ecosystem.” — Bulletin for the
Center for Children’s Books
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