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Big Belching Bog Hardback - 2010

by Phyllis Root; Betsy Bowen (Illustrator)

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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.

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  • Title Big Belching Bog
  • Author Phyllis Root; Betsy Bowen (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis MN
  • Publication date 2010-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780816633593 / 0816633592
  • Weight 1.82 lbs (0.83 kg)
  • Dimensions 12 x 12 x 0.5 in (30.48 x 30.48 x 1.27 cm)
  • Age range 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Bog ecology, Bogs - Minnesota
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010018733
  • Dewey Decimal Code 577.687

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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