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My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal
Webb deftly uses illustrated journal entries to document her participation in a two-month expedition to Antarctica to study Adelie penguins in 1996. She includes absorbing details of daily life for a scientist in the field, as well as the life and behavior of penguins. Clear prose and engaging illustrations done in watercolor, gouache and graphite convey how an ornithologist works and lives in the field.- Nonfiction, Animals, Environment, Nature
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2001 (Honor Title)
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- ISBN: 9780395922910
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Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens
The eruption of Mount St. Helens and the subsequent regrowth of plants are vividly portrayed in color photographs and a dynamic text. The volcanic eruption is seen not as just a disaster, but as a builder of life on this planet.- Nonfiction, Science, Environment
- John Newbery Medal 1987 (Honor Title)
- ISBN: 9780027545005