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Obras por Susan L. Roth

My love for you (1997) 444 exemplares
Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah (2004) 423 exemplares
Parrots Over Puerto Rico (2013) 295 exemplares
My Love for You All Year Round (2003) 124 exemplares
The Biggest Frog in Australia (1996) 64 exemplares
Marco Polo (1991) 45 exemplares
Buddha (1994) 42 exemplares
It's A Dog's New York (2001) 36 exemplares
Hard Hat Area (2004) 35 exemplares

Associated Works

Leon's Story (1997) — Ilustrador — 433 exemplares
Pass the Fritters, Critters (1993) — Ilustrador — 285 exemplares
The great ball game (1994) — Ilustrador, algumas edições133 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New York, New York, USA
Locais de residência
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Washington DC, USA
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Educação
Mills College (BA|art|1965)
Mills College (MA|printmaking, art history|1968)
Ocupações
author
illustrator

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Born: New York City

Childhood: Madison, Wisconsin

Young adult: San Francisco Bay Area, California

Adult and Present: Washington, D.C.; Bethesda, Maryland; Baltimore, Maryland;
New York City

B.A.: 1965, Mills College, Oakland, California; Art

M.A.: 1968, Mills College, Oakland, California; Printmaking, Art History

Married, three children, three grandchildren

Author/Illustrator of 57 Books

Primary medium: Collage [from the official author page]

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This book is appropriate for primary readers.
This book is about Parrots in Puerto Rico and the attempts to protect them from extinction.
This book is useful in teaching about endangered species.
 
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Kpasley | 66 outras críticas | Mar 4, 2024 |
Silbert Award Winner
The collages are stunning, colorful and full of life and movement, bringing the island of the parrots to life. The book acts as a history through the eyes of the parrots, starting before people lived on the island and follows their rise and fall until modern day when they needed to be hand hatched in order to increase the population. Than back pages contain contain more real photos of the parrots and the scientists dedicated to helping them survive. The writing, while incredibly informative, does not live up to the liveliness or the interest of the illustrations, leaving my 5 year old bored about 4 pages in.… (mais)
 
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mslibrarynerd | 66 outras críticas | Jan 13, 2024 |
The first part of this book draws parallels between the history of the Puerto Rican parrot the history of Puerto Rico itself. About halfway through the book, when the parrots become truly endangered, the focus shifts away from Peurto Rican history and concentrates on efforts to rehabilitate the parrot population.

Interesting and well-written, but not a stunner in my eyes. In terms of nonfiction books for kids about endangered species, I greatly prefer last year's [b:Moonbird|2017786|Moonbird|Joyce Dunbar|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320427691s/2017786.jpg|2022111] by Phillip Hoose, which was for older readers and more in-depth. I also really love [b:Can We Save the Tiger|9322920|Can We Save the Tiger?|Martin Jenkins|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320546044s/9322920.jpg|14206118] by Martin Jenkins. And of course there is the fantastic [b:Kakapo Rescue|7683285|Kakapo Rescue Saving the World's Strangest Parrot (Scientists in the Field Series)|Sy Montgomery|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388303129s/7683285.jpg|10330134] by Sy Montgomery.

I don't want to be overly critical of a perfectly good book, but I do think this suffers from an in-between problem. The illustrations are beautiful and evocative, but give off a "little kid" vibe, which doesn't match the more sophisticated vocabulary used in the book. So it's somewhere in between a primary and intermediate audience. It's too long for a group read-aloud and I don't think it quite rises to the level of a great dramatic story. Yet it's not written in a way that lends itself to fact finding for reports, except the afterword which has photographs and a timeline. So it's in between narrative nonfiction and traditional informational nonfiction.

But maybe this in-betweeness is a good thing on some level. It might reach a wider audience and have broader appeal because it isn't so easily categorized. I certainly hope to see more nonfiction of this caliber for young readers!
… (mais)
 
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LibrarianDest | 66 outras críticas | Jan 3, 2024 |
This book takes place after the attacks of 09/11 and one of the dogs is deeply saddened by the events. With that, his friend Rover takes him on a tour of the city and reminds him that life goes on and that they CAN move on. Furthermore, he learns that continuing on will help him heal, but never forget.
 
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haileycinq | 2 outras críticas | Sep 14, 2023 |

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Obras
36
Also by
3
Membros
3,370
Popularidade
#7,563
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
207
ISBN
99
Línguas
2

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