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Eighth-grader Tony Isidoro follows a trail of environmental clues to try and figure out what ecological imbalances might have caused the death of the town's best-known robin.Tags
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juniperSun both show middle schoolers addressing threats to a favorite natural area. Wier emphasizes love of a wild place, George emphasizes researching & action.
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Set in the early 1970's, eighth-grader Tony sleuths the death of a robin in his community. This isn't just any bird, it was selected as a mascot for the mayor who is running for re-election with a platform of keeping the environment clean.
Tony, guided by his older brother's research notes on local birds, discovers how intertwined ecology is. The tale is entertainingly told, as the mayor repeatedly ignores some of Tony's warnings, Tony bikes to local marshes and farms, and the school children get involved in keeping their community cleaned up.
George is one of my admired authors, I'm glad to have come across this little-known book.
Tony, guided by his older brother's research notes on local birds, discovers how intertwined ecology is. The tale is entertainingly told, as the mayor repeatedly ignores some of Tony's warnings, Tony bikes to local marshes and farms, and the school children get involved in keeping their community cleaned up.
George is one of my admired authors, I'm glad to have come across this little-known book.
Silent Spring for kids. Learning about how ecology is connected
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Jean Craighead George was born on July 2, 1919 in Washington, D.C. She received degrees in English and science from Pennsylvania State University. She began her career as a reporter for the International News Service. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps for The Washington Post. During her lifetime, she wrote over 100 show more novels including My Side of the Mountain, which was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, which won the Newbery Medal, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack. She also wrote two guides to cooking with wild foods and an autobiography entitled Journey Inward. In 1991, she became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature. She died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Who Really Killed Cock Robin?
- Original publication date
- 1971
- Dedication
- To sunshine, clear water, and sparkling skies, and the kids who are cleaning up the Earth.
- First words
- Cock Robin lay on his back with his feet in the air.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Let's fish!" said Mary Alice, and went skipping across the Commons toward Elm Street.
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- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
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