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Over the Steamy Swamp by Paul Geraghty (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Over the Steamy Swamp

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-10015200226X

ISBN-139780152002268

eBay Product ID (ePID)6038617710

Product Key Features

Book TitleOver the Steamy Swamp

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicScience & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Cooking & Food, Animals / General, Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Water (Oceans, Lakes, Etc.)

Publication Year1995

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorPaul Geraghty

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight0.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width9.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN88-021319

ReviewsKindergarten-Grade 2-- A ravenous mosquito, cruising the swamp in search of food, is too distracted to notice a hungry dragonfly ready to make a meal of her. In turn, the dragonfly is being sized up by a drooling frog, who is watched by a greedy fish, etc. The long chain of predators and prey ends with a hunter in a pith helmet about to be eaten by a lion. In a surprising turn of events, the mosquito bites the lion's nose. His bellows stop everyone short; the assorted creatures suddenly realize that each is being stalked by something else; and they flee in all directions. Only the smallest, the mosquito, has had a successful hunt. Geraghty's tongue-in-cheek look at the food chain is a clever, entertaining story. Unfortunately, it is marred by his illustrations, which are a cacophony of garish color that masks the beauty of the natural landscape. More troubling are the malicious creatures leering at their prey. To imply to young readers that the natural food chain involves evil intent on the part of animals is misleading. Only the human hunter merits this portrayal, since he alone hunts for sport. While older children might not draw such a conclusion and would be amused by the humor of the glaring predator turned bug-eyed prey, younger readers deserve a more accurate view of an ecosystem. --Virginia E. Jeschelnig, Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library, Willowick, OH, This book provides an amusing look at the food chain, starting with a tired little mosquito and moving up the scale of predators until a lion is bitten on the nose by the same mosquito. His reaction throws everyone in disarray, except for the little mosquito who continues on his way.

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToPreschool

Dewey Decimal823.9/14

SynopsisOne afternoon a hungry mosquito flies over a steamy swamp. Just behind her hovers a greedy dragonfly, and behind the dragonfly waits a famished frog. . . . And so the story goes, with each hungry creature too intent on its dinner to be aware of the danger stalking it from behind.