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The Great Lakes
  • Published: 23 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593374351
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $39.99

The Great Lakes

Our Freshwater Treasure

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Hardback
23 Apr 2024
EBook
19 Mar 2024
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A stunning picture book about the five largest lakes in North America - how they formed, the importance of their abundant freshwater, and how they've become a national treasure - in the latest book from the author of Caldecott Honor book The Noisy Paint Box.

A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL AND BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A stunning picture book about the five largest lakes in North America - how they formed, the importance of their abundant freshwater, and how they've become a national treasure - in the latest book from the author of Caldecott Honor book The Noisy Paint Box.

A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL AND BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Great Lakes—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior—are five blue jewels set a bit off center in a belt across North America’s middle. Bordered by eight states and part of Canada, the Lakes hold 21% of the world's fresh water. How did these incredible lakes get there? And what can we do to preserve such a treasure?

Follow along as a drop of water in this enormous system and uncover its dramatic journey from lake to rive to lake, over Niagara Falls to lake and river again, and finally into the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Published: 23 April 2024
  • ISBN: 9780593374351
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the author

Barb Rosenstock

Barb Rosenstock is the author of the Caldecott Honor Book The Noisy Paint Box, Vincent Can't Sleep, Through the Window, and Mornings with Monet, as well as many other books. Her most recent book, Mystery of the Monarchs, is a 2023 NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Title and a Junior Library Guild Selection. She lives outside of Chicago with her husband, sons, and two big poodles. Barb has always lived near the Great Lakes, and wrote this book to satisfy her lifelong curiosity in their formation.
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Also by Barb Rosenstock

Houdini's Library
American Spirits
The Mystery of the Monarchs
Mornings with Monet
Ben Franklin's Big Splash
Dorothea's Eyes
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
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Praise for The Great Lakes

Praise for The Noisy Paint Box:

A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year (Honorable Mention)
A JLG Selection
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Top Booklist 10 Arts Books for Youth,
Winner of the Museum Store Association's Buyers Choice Award

“A rich, accomplished piece about a pioneer in the art world.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“The book offers diverse potential for different types of study, whether one is reading for information or for pleasure. Outstanding.” - School Library Journal, starred review

Praise for The Noisy Paint Box:

A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year (Honorable Mention)
A JLG Selection
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Top Booklist 10 Arts Books for Youth,
Winner of the Museum Store Association's Buyers Choice Award

“A rich, accomplished piece about a pioneer in the art world.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“The book offers diverse potential for different types of study, whether one is reading for information or for pleasure. Outstanding.” - School Library Journal, starred review