The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer
by Sue Ann Alderson
illustrated by Millie Ballance
Kiran Singer is worried. What can a kid do to help preserve the earth? Her grandmother introduces her to the wonders of Vancouver's Camosun Bog. Richly illustrated by Millie Ballance, Sue Ann Alderson's poems are a celebration of life and of our ability to make a difference.
close this panel"Told in verse, 12-year-old Kiran's diary reflects her weeklong experience working with her grandmother and a conservation crew to restore a bog in Vancouver, Canada. The poems are accompanied by a series of small, detailed watercolor illustrations as Kiran insightfully and beautifully records her observations of nature." Lindsay Cesari - School Library Journal, 8/1/2009
"Miraculously, Sue Ann Alderson makes a living bog rise from the printed page. It's remarkable that her musical poems convey not only the sights and sounds of a nature preserve, but its textures and seasons, its plants and birds and animals." - X. J. Kennedy, winner of the National Council of Teachers of English Year 2000 Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry
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