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Whatever I did, Goose did. Whatever Goose did, Duck did. When I sat down, Goose sat down. Duck sat down too. What's a little boy to do when a goose and a duck think that he's their mother?
Especially when they follow him around, doing everything he does! Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead George's comic story and Priscilla Lamont's lively art make for a silly tale about boys, geese, ducks, and the
rhythms of nature. November, 2007: Jean's new book, The Wolves Are Back, published
by Dutton Children's Books, is a book about the good that wolves do. Anyone can tell "the wolves are back" by looking at Lamar Valley, Yellowstone. The grass has grown. (Grass-eating elk run to the hills When the trees come back so do the beaver, and because the beaver
makes ponds, the moose are back, as well as frogs and ducks. Through a wolf pup's adventures the return to the balance of the nature is seen because "The Wolves are Back."
Wendell Minor, illustrator, and Jean Craighead George, author, have returned Yellowstone for many sequential years to see life come back to Lamar Valley. Minor's watercolors of the wolves and valley are
extraordinary. Jean's book, LUCK, The Story of a Sandhill Crane, was released in march of 2006 and published by More wonderful news is that JULIE OF THE WOLVES is being filmed by Robert and Andy Young Productions Inc. The father and son have filmed wildlife award winners, documentaries on Eskimos and human
dramas. They are an independent company who love Julie and her story. This film will be a masterpiece...at last, it is in the hands of the right film
makers who will be right out there on the Arctic tundra with Julie and the wolves! My Side of the Mountain was selected by the New York Librarians as
the 2005 book to represent the state at the National Book Festival, sponsored by Laura Bush and the Library of Congress. NEW!! A DVD ABOUT JEAN!
If you've ever wondered how best-selling children's author Jean Craighead
George works and lives, then join her in this entertaining and educational documentary to find out. You'll see inside her home, look over her shoulder
as she writes, listen in as she answers fan mail, and meet her talkative parrot named Tocca. Each chapter of this delightful film is punctuated with Jean's comments and
insights into how she thinks and works. This documentary was beautifully shot in some of Jean's favorite places, with original music by For more information, to see a preview, or to order a copy of
Storyteller from Lunchbox Lessons,
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t this site I will keep you up on what I am doing. This means
where I am travelling and what I am writing. I will also tap in on my illustrators and my composer. Watch out for colors and sound.
away from the wolves). The trees are growing and holding back erosion
along the river. (They are not trampled by the buffalo). The birds are back in the meadow. (The grass-and-tree-eaters are in the hills).
HarperCollins. As these great birds fly north this spring, some going as far as Siberia, the story of Luck,
a slightly confused young crane, will appear in bookstores. Luck is an appealing character that memorizes man-made objects, not the landscape, as he flies north. Wendell Minor, the award winning artist, has out-done
himself with this book. His art is both beautiful and poignant. A source of his inspiration was a trip to the Platte River in Nebraska with Jean and her family to see 500,000 sandhill cranes come down to eat and rest.
