Narelle Oliver
Autor(a) de Sand Swimmers: The Secret Life of Australia's Desert Wilderness
About the Author
Narelle Oliver was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia in 1960. She taught for several years at the Queensland School for the Deaf and tutored in language and children's literature subjects offered at the University of Southern Queensland. She was a children's book author and illustrator. Her mostrar mais first picture book, Leaf Tail, was published in 1989. Her other books include The Best Beak in Boonaroo Bay, The Hunt, Sand Swimmers, The Very Blue Thingamajig, Dancing the Boom-cha-cha Boogie, Home, Twilight Hunt, Fox and Fine Feathers, and Don't Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen! Her books have received numerous awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year, CBCA Book of the Year for Early Childhood, CBCA Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, NSW Premier's Literature Award for Children's Literature, and Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature. She died after a long battle with cancer on October 4, 2016 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Narelle Oliver
Baby Bilby, Where Do You Sleep? 5 cópias
Don't let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen 1 exemplar(es)
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- Obras
- 20
- Membros
- 371
- Popularidade
- #64,992
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 13
- ISBNs
- 52
- Idiomas
- 1
The owl has some trouble with escaping bugs and finally catches a Luna Moth. Luna Moths only live about a week, so it seemed unfair to me that it should be caught. Luna Moths glow and so this might make sense as owls hunt at night. Oh, well, I'll get over it! The Luna Moth has no mouth so it doesn't stand a chance anyway.
This book is very cleverly made to show the trickery of camouflage and the disguise of animals. When I first looked at some of the pages I thought maybe the hidden pictures were later in the book, but when I let my eyes adjust I could see the different animals hiding. To be sure, you can check the key in the back of the book. Nonfiction information is provided at the very end which further describes the differences between camouflage, disguise, and behavior. Some animals use multiple means of hiding such as the Katydid, as it is green and so merges with the leaves, but the overall shape is like a single leaf. Quite tricky!
The author and illustrator of this book, Narelle Oliver, grew up in Australia in a family that spent much time on the visual arts. They made special trips to gather ideas and materials for the artwork. She drew ideas while exploring a prairie in Illinois, and made the drawings into linocut prints for this book. Children will enjoy finding all the animals hiding in the pictures.… (mais)