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Loren Leedy is a children's author and illustrator. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1959, and majored in art in college. She began making clay jewelry and chess sets out of whimsical animals, and eventually turned them into book characters. Her first published work was A Number of Dragons, toon meer in 1985. She has written and illustrated nearly 40 books since then. Her titles include: Missing Math: a Number Mystery, My Teacher is a Dinosaur, Seeing Symmetry, The Shocking Truth about Energy, Crazy Like a Fox: a Simile Story, Fraction Action, Blast off to Earth, and Postcards from Pluto. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Loreen Leedy

Measuring Penny (1998) 703 exemplaren
Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story (2002) 639 exemplaren
Mapping Penny's World (2000) 508 exemplaren
Fraction Action (1994) 484 exemplaren
Mission: Addition (1997) 473 exemplaren
The Great Trash Bash (1991) 356 exemplaren
Subtraction Action (2000) 293 exemplaren
Seeing Symmetry (2012) 252 exemplaren
The Great Graph Contest (2005) 242 exemplaren
Follow the Money! (2002) 235 exemplaren
The Monster Money Book (1992) 213 exemplaren
Celebrate the 50 States! (1999) 196 exemplaren
The Shocking Truth About Energy (2010) 146 exemplaren
Missing Math: A Number Mystery (2008) 141 exemplaren
It's Probably Penny (2007) 95 exemplaren
Bunny Play (1656) 63 exemplaren
The Race (Little Celebrations) (1995) 48 exemplaren
How Humans Make Friends (1996) 38 exemplaren
Messages from Mars (2006) 27 exemplaren
TRACKS IN THE SAND (1993) 23 exemplaren
Step by Step (2018) 22 exemplaren
Big, Small, Short, Tall (1987) 18 exemplaren
HELLO, JOSE! (2002) 17 exemplaren
The Dragon Halloween Party (1986) 11 exemplaren
The Dragon ABC Hunt (1986) 10 exemplaren
Pingo, the Plaid Panda (1989) 10 exemplaren
A Number of Dragons (1985) 8 exemplaren
Mix It Up with Max 1 exemplaar
Measuring Penny 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum
1959-06-15
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Woonplaatsen
Florida, USA

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I liked this AND I learned something from it. Crazy. The best feature, if you ask me, is the Good News and Bad News about each energy source. That is the heart of the energy debate, so it's nice to see it highlighted.

The layout is a little busy (the way that Magic School Bus books are), but I have the give this book props for the clarity of the writing.

This arrived at my library alongside [b:Earth Feeling the Heat], which was completely depressing, so that made me appreciate this book all the more.… (meer)
 
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LibrarianDest | 6 andere besprekingen | Jan 3, 2024 |
This book gets a YMMV because it’s interesting but you should always discuss this kind of book with your child so they can understand the bigger picture.
 
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FamiliesUnitedLL | 6 andere besprekingen | Mar 31, 2023 |
Note: I received an F&G of this book at an ALA conference.
 
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45
Leden
7,787
Populariteit
#3,132
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4.0
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260
ISBNs
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