Ten Rowdy Ravens
The fun begins when ten rowdy ravens set out on a rembunctious fly-about. They play tricks, get into mischief, find themselves in sticky situations, and make general mayhem. Scenarios are fanciful, but rooted in ravenhood: collecting shiny things, testing curious objects, teasing canids, and showing off in aerial loop-de-loops. Susan’s lively rhyming, alliterative text keeps the game moving and the pages turning, and Evon’s richly detailed and vivacious linocuts bring the birds to life while offering hidden jokes.
At the end of the countdown, readers find several pages of
The Daily Kaw which offers “true news from around the raven world.”
The Daily Kaw features corvid facts as well as real-life raven stories about the sometimes-too-smart and always imaginative bird. Bernd Heinrich, author of
Mind of the Raven and
Ravens in Winter, calls the book “an imaginative romp about our favorite trickster.”
Ten Rowdy Ravens isn’t just for kids—it’s for raven nuts of all ages. Curriculum guide available from the publisher.
Lucky Hares and Itchy Bears
“Accompanied by exuberant hand-colored linocuts, doggerel verse sings the eccentricities of each critter. Ewing homes in on kid-pleasing peculiarities. . . eye-grabbing illustrations raise the energy level with their dynamic lines and vibrant composition.”
--Publisher’s Weekly
The Great Rocky Mountain Nature Factbook
"A number of sidebars scattered through the book really are gratifying. Take the one on salamanders and lizards. Ewing explains the difference and what the difference means. . . . Reading about earthquakes? There is a sidebar on the Richter and Mercalli scales: Richter is objective while Mercalli is subjective. And take the section on mayflies. It's complete and factual yet simple enough to be understandable."
--Great Falls Tribune
The Great Alaska Nature Factbook
"Nature writer Ewing delights in the unusual and brings a mischievous sense of humor to transform an overwhelming amount of information into engaging and reader-friendly entries sure to delight anyone with a curiosity about the natural world."
--Alaska Magazine (Editor's Choice)
