Squirrel and John Muir

by Emily Arnold McCully

Other authorsEmily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2004

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--People-Places-Environments, NCSS Standards Theme--Individual Development and Identity, NCSS Standards Theme--Civic Ideals and Practices, Biography, Reading Level-Primary (K-2)Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5), Reading Level-Primary (K-2), Reading Level-Intermediate (3-5)

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2004), Edition: 1st, 40 pages

Description

In the early 1900s, a wild little girl nicknamed Squirrel meets John Muir, later to become a famous naturalist, when he arrives at her parents' hotel in Yosemite Valley seeking work and knowledge about the natural world.

Awards

Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Picturebook — 2010)
Giverny Book Award (2005)
CCBC Choices (2005)
NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People (2005)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (California)

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

40

Physical description

40 p.; 11.78 inches

ISBN

0374336970 / 9780374336974

DDC/MDS

269

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