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Sull'Autore

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, mostra altro 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) mostra meno

Serie

Opere di Loreen Leedy

Measuring Penny (1998) 716 copie
Mapping Penny's World (2000) 515 copie
Fraction Action (1994) 492 copie
Mission: Addition (1997) 476 copie
The Great Trash Bash (1991) 358 copie
Subtraction Action (2000) 296 copie
Seeing Symmetry (2012) 257 copie
The Great Graph Contest (2005) 245 copie
Follow the Money! (2002) 238 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1959-06-15
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Luogo di residenza
Florida, USA

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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.… (altro)
 
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LibrarianDest | 6 altre recensioni | 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 altre recensioni | Mar 31, 2023 |
Note: I received an F&G of this book at an ALA conference.
 
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fernandie | 1 altra recensione | Sep 15, 2022 |

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Statistiche

Opere
45
Utenti
7,869
Popolarità
#3,088
Voto
4.0
Recensioni
260
ISBN
160
Lingue
1

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