Mossy
Hardcover – Picture Book, September 18, 2012
Penguin Young Readers Group · Hardcover · September 18, 2012
Who will help Mossy return home to Lilypad Pond?
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- Who it’s for
- A tender turtle story pairs the pull of the outdoors with the curiosities of a museum.
- Themes
- Nature and natural history, Freedom and belonging, Friendship
- Genres
- Turtle Stories, Environment & Conservation
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Who will help Mossy return home to Lilypad Pond? Mossy, an amazing turtle with a gorgeous garden growing on her shell, loses her freedom when Dr. Carolina, a biologist, takes her to live in her Edwardian museum. Visitors flock to see Mossy, but it is Dr. Carolina's niece, Tory, who notices how sad Mossy is living in a viewing pavilion. She misses the outdoors and her friend, Scoot. Dr. Carolina finds a way to keep the spirit of Mossy alive at the museum.
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She invites Flora and Fauna to paint Mossy's portrait. Then she and Tory take Mossy home, where Scoot is waiting for her. Jan Brett fans will pore over the colorful paintings of Lilypad Pond and lush borders displaying wildflowers, ferns, butterflies and birds in contrast to elegant spreads of the museum filled with visitors in stylish Edwardian dress and exquisite borders of shells, rocks, crystals and birds' eggs. MOSSY gives readers a fascinating look at nature in the wild and on display in a natural history museum.
Wild and Displayed
A tender turtle story pairs the pull of the outdoors with the curiosities of a museum.
Come here for
- A shell garden, pond life, and the wish to be outdoors
- Nature set against an Edwardian museum’s elegant displays
Expect
- Colorful paintings and richly detailed borders
- A warm read about freedom, friendship, and home
Where it sits
| Turtle Stories | 97% |
|---|---|
| Environment & Conservation | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Turtle Stories
- Historical Europe
- Nature & Wildlife
- Authors
- Jan Brett
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- September 18, 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Nature and natural history · Freedom and belonging · Friendship
- Reading lane
- Turtle Stories