Patricia Brennan Demuth

 
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Achoo! All About Colds Book Cover

Book Info

  • Achoo! All About Colds
  • Science
  • Ages 4-8
  • 48 pages
  • Grosset & Dunlap, 1997
  • Illustrated by Maggie Smith

Cradles in the Trees Book Cover

Book Info

  • Cradles In The Trees: The Story Of Bird Nests
  • Nature. Science.
  • Ages 4-8
  • 32 pages
  • MacMillan Publishing Company, 1994.
  • Illustrated by Suzanne Barnes

Mars The Red Planet Book Cover

Book Info

  • Mars The Red Planet
  • Science. Space.
  • Ages 4-8. Grades 2–3.
  • 48 pages
  • Grosset & Dunlap, 1998
  • Illustrated by Stephen Marchesi

Pick Up Your Ears, Henry Book Cover

Book Info

  • Pick Up Your Ears, Henry
  • Picturebook
  • Toddler–Preschool
  • 32 pages
  • Atheneum, 1992
  • Illustrated by Bob Barner

Inside Your Busy Body Book Cover

Book Info

  • Inside Your Busy Body
  • Science
  • Gr1–3
  • 32 pages
  • Grosset & Dunlap, 1993
  • Illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye

Praise for ACHOO! All About Colds

This book shows how effective nonfiction can be in an easy-to-read format. The information is conveyed in a story about Sam, who starts sneezing at his baseball game. A sore throat follows, and it is clear that Sam has a cold. Using a compact vocabulary, Demuth explains how germs spread colds, why medicine does not cure colds, and how to avoid cold germs. Peppy full-color drawings are able to find amusing moments in the discussion. For early report writers, but browsers will enjoy this, too. Ilene Cooper, American Library Association

—Booklist, American Library Association

Kindergarten-Grade 2. The progress of a cold is illustrated through one child’s illness. How germs are spread and the effect that they have on the body are discussed in clear, simple language.

— School Library Journal

Praise  for CRADLES IN THE TREES: Story of Bird Nests

Demuth works effectively to show the variety of materials and skills that birds use to create special nests appropriate for sheltering their young. The watercolor-and-pencil artwork makes an already clear text dearer, and the pages are well designed, with the illustrations dose to the descriptions. Demuth also gives careful and correct advice on nest collecting. The book will inspire specific projects as well as a sense of wonder – children will be less likely to take bird nests for granted. — Mary Harris Veeder.

—Booklist, American Library Association