{"product_id":"looking-for-peppermint-isbn-9780823452088","title":"Looking for Peppermint","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young girl shares stories and facts about the woods near her home while catching up with her mischievous dog, Peppermint.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her dog Peppermint wanders off, this little girl isn’t too worried; they both know their way around the woods. On her way to find Peppermint, she regales us with stories and information about the area, from encounters with spiny porcupines and protective mother coyotes all the way back to the mile-thick glaciers that shaped the landscape. Parts of the story are highlighted with art-within-art glimpses of the girl’s journal, where she’s captured her exploits in drawings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor-illustrator Maxwell Eaton is back with another genre-bending picture book full of fun facts and witty asides. Detailed illustrations bring wild critters to life and keep the reader guessing what’s next. Any young reader with an interest in science and the natural world will want to hike out into the forest with Peppermint and her humans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn ALA's Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed to the Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List\u003c\/b\u003e★ \"The best kind of nature walk, with an entertaining guide out front, and yet one more blurred line between fiction and nonfiction that offers children more than the sum of its parts.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—School Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A sweet pick for blossoming naturalists.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"A mix of the informative and the homey . . . visually inviting and intellectually stimulating.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An educational forest tour. . . .\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"Ambitious and engrossing, this field guide may inspire young readers to do some wandering of their own.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxwell Eaton III\u003c\/b\u003e wrote and illustrated \u003ci\u003eBear Builds a House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBear Goes Sugaring\u003c\/i\u003e, which received three starred reviews, as well as the The Truth About series, Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals. This series includes \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Dolphins\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Truth About Hippos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About Bears\u003c\/i\u003e, which received multiple starred reviews. He lives in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State with his partner and two children.","brand":"Neal Porter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302439997669,"sku":"NP9780823452088","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780823452088.jpg?v=1767731736","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/looking-for-peppermint-isbn-9780823452088","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}