TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martin,Jacqueline Briggs
AU  - McGehee,Claudia
TI  - Creekfinding: a true story 
SN  - 9780816698028
AV  - QH541.14 .M35 2017
U1  - E 
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Environmental sciences
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION
KW  - Science & Nature
KW  - Environmental Science & Ecosystems
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Environmental Conservation & Protection
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Ecosystems & Habitats
KW  - Plains & Prairies
KW  - fast
KW  - Juvenile works
N1  - 004-009; K to grade 3
N2  - "Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects and brook trout that ate them, frogs that chirruped and birds watching for bugs and fish. This is a true story about a man named Mike who went looking for that creek long after it was buried under fields of corn. It is the story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and with it a whole world of nature. In the words of award-winning author Jacqueline Briggs Martin and the enchanting illustrations by Claudia McGehee, this heartening tale of an ecosystem restored in the Driftless Area of northeast Iowa unfolds in a way that will charm and inform young readers who are drawn to a good mystery, the wonders of nature--and, of course, big earth-moving machines"--
ER  -