Big Belching Bog by Root, Phyllis

Big Belching Bog

Cold, wet, and acidic, bogs appear to be extremely hostile to life, yet numerous plants and animals...
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Author: Phyllis Root
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Language: English
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Big Belching Bog by Root, Phyllis

Big Belching Bog

$22.53

Big Belching Bog

$22.53
Author: Phyllis Root
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Cold, wet, and acidic, bogs appear to be extremely hostile to life, yet numerous plants and animals have adapted in fascinating ways in order to survive there. In Big Belching Bog, Phyllis Root lets us in on the secrets of the mysterious bog, describing such special inhabitants as plants that eat insects, bog lemmings, and frogs that stay frozen through the winter and thaw out in the spring. But what's that coming up from the bottom of the bog?
The biggest bog secret of all, we learn, is the remarkable process of methane gas belching out of the bog. The gas is created by decaying peat moss and forms a bulge in the surface of the moss six inches or taller before breaking through. Does this "belch" make a sound? No one knows, says Root, because no one has ever heard it. In fact, bogs are known as some of the quietest places on earth. Maybe you will be the first to hear the big bog belch!
Illustrated by renowned woodcut artist Betsy Bowen, Big Belching Bog also contains a section of bog facts, including more information about the plants and animals mentioned in the book as well as tips for visiting a bog. Big Belching Bog will stir the imagination of young readers and teach them about the landscape and environment of these mysterious and, ahem, gassy places.

Author: Phyllis Root
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 03/07/2023
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.76h x 9.76w x 0.32d
ISBN: 9780816666829
Audience: Ages 4-8

About the Author
Phyllis Root is the author of more than thirty books for children, including If You Want to See a Caribou and Big Momma Makes the World (winner of the Boston Globe Horn Book Award).
Betsy Bowen is a Minnesota woodcut printmaker who illustrated Borealis, Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman, and Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet Year, which she also wrote.

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