Pond Circle by Betsy Franco blue ridge enabling them to better understand

enabling them to better understand and appreciate people who are racially and culturally different

and inspirational story all rolled into one marvelous mixed-media masterpiece

from the primitiveness of the toilets to the iffiness of depot food ("If the chicken/ tastes like prairie dog

Juvenile Fiction age: 10-13

from sleep to movement to eating

Pond Circle by Betsy Franco blue ridge enabling them to better understandOn a summer night by a small pond, all seems still. But a closer look reveals a world of activity mayflies dart, beetles dive, frogs spring, skunks shuffle, and owls swoop. As a young girl watches, the circle of life unfolds. Betsy Franco's rhythmic, cumulative text makes this a lively read aloud, and rich, luminous paintings by Stefano Vitale capture the bold beauty of nature. Young readers will be inspired to journey into their own backyards and