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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Minnesota's Hidden Alphabet

Minnesota's Hidden Alphabet

Rossi, Joe
Larochelle, David

Hardcover

ConceptsScience & Nature

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 087351808X
ISBN13: 9780873518086
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: Nov 1 2010
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.41 Width: 11.20 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
Awards: Northeastern Minnesota Book Award
Look at the natural world around you. Closer now. Can you find the letter A in a jumble of tree roots, the letter I in a cattail, the letter O in a bird's nest? Joe Rossi traveled the state in search of all the letters of the alphabet, photographing scenes from Granite Falls to Chippewa National Forest, from Bemidji to St. Paul. Turn these pages and see what he found: does his imagination match yours?

The plants and animals and rocks in Joe's pictures can teach us a lot about Minnesota's natural world: Did you know that Native Americans used the fluffy down from cattails to pad diapers and moccasins (here, the letter I)? Or that the American white pelican (letter J) teams up to herd fish--its dinner--into shallow water? Or that the name Minnesota means sky-colored water (letter H)?

Celebrated children's book author David LaRochelle takes readers on an adventure inspired by this natural alphabet and encourages everyone to look more closely at what treasures the outdoors holds.

All across this wondrous state

Letters A through Z await! . . .

Zig and zagging, great and grand

Letters made by nature's hand.

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