Children - Animals

Some Babies Are Wild

Name: Some Babies Are Wild
Author: Marion Dane Bauer
ISBN: 9781591930846

by Marion Dane Bauer, Stan Tekiela

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Overview

Author Marion Dane Bauer rhythmically portrays the loving relationships between baby animals and their moms, while photographer Stan Tekiela provides real-life pictures that will have readers ìoohingî and ìahhing.î You absolutely must see this book!

About the Author, Marion Dane Bauer

Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the originator of the popular state-specific field guides such as Mammals of Minnesota Field Guide. For over two decades, Stan has authored more than 100 field guides, nature appreciation books and wildlife audio CDs for nearly every state in the nation, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti. Holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 20 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in over 20 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations. He is a member of the North American Nature Photography Association and Canon Professional Services. Stan resides in Victoria, Minnesota, with his wife, Katherine, and daughter, Abigail. He can be contacted via his web page at naturesmart.com.

Marion Dane Bauer is the author of more than fifty books for young people, ranging from novelty and picture books through early readers, both fiction and nonfiction, books on writing, and middle-grade and young-adult novels. She has won numerous awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, a Jane Addams Peace Association Award for her novel Rain of Fire and an American Library Association Newbery Honor Award for another novel, On My Honor, and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota for the body of her work. She is a writing teacher as well as a writer and was first Faculty Chair and continues on the faculty at Vermont College for the first Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program in the country. Her writing book, the American Library Association Notable What's Your Story? A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction, is used by writers of all ages. Adults who are interested in writing for children have found it especially useful. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen different languages. Visit her website at mariondanebauer.com.

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This high-interest topic will be a hit with young nature lovers. The simple rhyming text showcases lovely full-color photos of baby animals in the wild and is appended with some brief facts. Several of Tekiel's skillful photos capture the essence of an animal in a moment in time. Others, though as crisp and clear, could easily be slipped into calendar art. The straightforward verse, "Some babies are soft./Some babies are prickly,/Some babies are very slow/and some move quickly," is adequate but unimpressive. Still, this is a charming title that will circulate well with families, day-care providers, and early-education specialists who will ooh and ahh over it with their youngest children.-Nancy Call, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Aptos, CA