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Gathering: A Northwoods Counting Book
by Bowen, Betsy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395981336
- ISBN 13
- 9780395981337
- Seller
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Calgary , Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1999 Near Fine first edition first printing no remainder mark very attractive woodcut illustrated discussion of a lifestyle spent gearing up for winter in Minnesota. Decorative endpapers, blueberry blind stamp on front board. Near fine condition in near fine unclipped dust jacket. Clean interior no writing or marks. Slight bump to upper spine of dust jacket, and a little surface rubbing on jacket front, else like new.
Synopsis
In the northwoods, most of the year is spent preparing for the longest and most demanding season: winter. Families of people and animals alike begin their gathering for the cold months as early as the start of spring. Much needs to be done - planting and gardening, fishing and berry picking, chopping and piling wood, harvesting wild rice, and searching for warm boots and socks. Like the firewood and jarred rhubarb, summer memories are stored so that stargazing and fireflies are remembered on the coldest of winter days. In this companion to her memorable debut, Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet Year, Betsy Bowen delights readers with a warm regard for the woods and its inhabitants. Gathering, illustrated anew in vibrantly colored woodcuts, is a celebration of the changing seasons laced with a special reverence for the magic and mystery of winter and the first big snow of the year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sparkle Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001325
- Title
- Gathering: A Northwoods Counting Book
- Author
- Bowen, Betsy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0395981336
- ISBN 13
- 9780395981337
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- JUVENILE FICTION PICTORIAL COUNTING NORTH WOODS
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Sparkle Books
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About Sparkle Books
I search out used books on principle to highlight their value, keep them circulating and out of the landfill (and just because I am compelled to tell people to "read this"!)
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