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About the Author

Loren Leedy is a children's author and illustrator. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1959, and majored in art in college. She began making clay jewelry and chess sets out of whimsical animals, and eventually turned them into book characters. Her first published work was A Number of Dragons, show more in 1985. She has written and illustrated nearly 40 books since then. Her titles include: Missing Math: a Number Mystery, My Teacher is a Dinosaur, Seeing Symmetry, The Shocking Truth about Energy, Crazy Like a Fox: a Simile Story, Fraction Action, Blast off to Earth, and Postcards from Pluto. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Series

Works by Loreen Leedy

Measuring Penny (1998) 703 copies
Mapping Penny's World (2000) 508 copies
Fraction Action (1994) 484 copies
Mission: Addition (1997) 473 copies
The Great Trash Bash (1991) 356 copies
Subtraction Action (2000) 293 copies
Seeing Symmetry (2012) 252 copies
The Great Graph Contest (2005) 242 copies
Follow the Money! (2002) 235 copies

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addition (58) animals (115) children (27) children's (38) counting (53) dogs (66) Earth Day (33) fantasy (29) fiction (113) figurative language (45) food (43) fractions (64) geography (86) grammar (27) Halloween (37) health (28) idioms (53) informational (65) language (42) language arts (33) maps (77) math (832) measurement (114) measuring (37) money (70) non-fiction (222) numbers (39) nutrition (40) picture book (285) planets (28) recycling (29) science (115) simile (43) similes (69) social studies (63) solar system (38) space (44) subtraction (34) symmetry (36) writing (90)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1959-06-15
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Places of residence
Florida, USA

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Reviews

I liked this AND I learned something from it. Crazy. The best feature, if you ask me, is the Good News and Bad News about each energy source. That is the heart of the energy debate, so it's nice to see it highlighted.

The layout is a little busy (the way that Magic School Bus books are), but I have the give this book props for the clarity of the writing.

This arrived at my library alongside [b:Earth Feeling the Heat], which was completely depressing, so that made me appreciate this book all the more.… (more)
 
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LibrarianDest | 6 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |
This book gets a YMMV because it’s interesting but you should always discuss this kind of book with your child so they can understand the bigger picture.
 
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FamiliesUnitedLL | 6 other reviews | Mar 31, 2023 |
Note: I received an F&G of this book at an ALA conference.
 
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fernandie | 1 other review | Sep 15, 2022 |

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Works
45
Members
7,787
Popularity
#3,132
Rating
4.0
Reviews
260
ISBNs
160
Languages
1

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