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David McLimans (1948–2014)

Autor(a) de Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet

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About the Author

Obras de David McLimans

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1948-08-06
Data de falecimento
2014-03-20
Sexo
male
Local de nascimento
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA
Local de falecimento
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Causa da morte
heart attack
Locais de residência
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Educação
University of Minnesota (BA)
Boston University (MFA)
Ocupação
artist
illustrator
instructor
Organizações
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Madison College
U.S. Navy
Premiações
Award of Excellence (Society of Newspaper Designers)
Certificate of Excellence (Print Magazine)
Pequena biografia
[from Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters website]
David McLimans has won numerous awards for his editorial illustration, including an Award of Excellence from the Society of Newspaper Designers and a Certificate of Excellence from Print magazine. His work has appeared the in Washington Post, AIGA, Time, New York Times, The Progressive, Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's. McLimans wrote three children's books and won the Caldecott Honor Medal for Gone Wild, an endangered animal alphabet. He taught design and illustration at UW-Whitewater, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, and Madison College over the years, and especially enjoyed making art with kids. A long time resident of Madison, Wisconsin, McLimans died in 2014.

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This book isn't lengthy; but it's an ABC book with an important message about the importance of saving our endangered and threatened animal species. The book is red, white and black, with each letter of the alphabet corresponding to the first letter in an animal's name. All letters correspond to the animals' common names (except for X, which is the Latin name). The first-page "Introduction" gives the definitions of "critically endangered," "endangered," and "vulnerable" species. These are important for students to understand the book. Each letter cleverly depicts the shape of the animal's body and each page includes a small sidebar that lists factual information: Class, Habitat, Range, Threats and Status Listed. The endangered animals represented in the book range from alligator to characin, earwig, jay, moth, plover, rhino, stark, wolf, and zebra. Several pages are dedicated to rectangular boxes that include three to five sentences that include more information about each animal. On the last page, the author has included a list of 10 websites and seven books that students might research for more information about endangered animals. This book has an attractive cover that grabbed my attention. It's a classic style ABC book, though a step up with brief information about some of the most threatened animals on earth.… (mais)
 
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AudraD | outras 88 resenhas | Jul 29, 2021 |
This retelling of a traditional Native Ameri - can creation myth presents Sky World and Water World, which had always been separate until the day Sky girl tum - bles from above and needs help from the animals of Water World. Visually spell - binding and delightful
 
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NCSS | outras 10 resenhas | Jul 23, 2021 |

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Obras
3
Membros
763
Popularidade
#33,346
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
101
ISBNs
13
Idiomas
1

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