Tree Hole Homes: Daytime Dens and Nighttime Nooks

by Melissa Stewart (Author) Amy Hevron (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

In this nature-themed picture book, nonfiction expert Melissa Stewart and illustrator Amy Hevron offer an inviting peek into tree holes and the amazing animals that inhabit them.

Imagine this: one day you're walking through the woods and spot a tree hole large enough to slip inside. So you do. And you wonder, what kind of creature lived here? In this science and nature-themed picture book, nonfiction expert Melissa Stewart and illustrator Amy Hevron offer up an inviting peek into the secret world of tree hole dwellers. From black bears to tree frogs and bobcats, it's surprising just who you'll find! A main text gives general information about tree holes (a treehole can be a daytime den) and a secondary text provides more detail. This inviting look at trees, tree holes, and fascinating animals is sure to be a classroom and kid favorite.

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A lofty mix of nature facts and rumination.
Melissa Stewart
Melissa Stewart has written more than 200 science books for children, including Tree Hole Homes: Daytime Dens and Nighttime Nooks; the ALA Notable Book Feathers: Not Just for Flying and the SCBWI Golden Kite Honor title Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs. She co-authored 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children's Books and edited the anthology Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep: 50 Award-Winning Authors Reveal the Secret of Engaging Writing. Melissa maintains the award-winning blog Celebrate Science and serves on the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators board of advisors.

Rob Dunlavey is the illustrator of In the Woods by David Elliott, which received three starred reviews, and Owl Sees Owl by Laura Goodwin, which garned four starred reviews and was named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, among others. His artwork has been featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Businessweek, and the Los Angeles Times.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593373309
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Random House Studio
Publication date
October 25, 2022
Series
-
BISAC categories
SCI070000 - Science | Life Sciences | Zoology - General
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Habitations
Tree cavities
Animal-plant relationships

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