Pub Date: June 26, 2009
Dewey: 580
LCCN: 2008040832
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 09
Physical Info: 0.36" H x 11.18" L x 10.11" W ( 1.05 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Science and Nature | Flowers and Plants
Series: Science Alphabet
Description: The plant world is explored from A to Z, with a poem to introduce each topic, and an expository text that provides details.
Brief description:
Known by many children as the "teacher who dances on his desk," Gene Gagliano is an elementary school teacher and writer with a great sense of humor who lives with his wife Carol at the base of the Bighorn Mountains in Buffalo, Wyoming. He loves children and has four of his own--Gina, Jared, Darin and Nathan--and son-in-law, Ron. A member of the Wyoming Writers and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Gene has been published in "Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul." His first book, entitled "Secret of the Black Widow," was published in 2002. Gene and Carol are members of a professional singing group, the Polyester Blends. He enjoys making his educational and entertaining school visits, as well as hiking, canoeing, gardening and painting.