Phyllis Root

"A picture book that passes the fun test with flying fizz." — Booklist It’s hot. Hot, hot, hot! So Junie and Jake and Poppa and the baby want to go to the lake. But can they make it there in their Rattletrap Car? It doesn’t go fast, and it doesn’t go far — but with the help of some razzleberry...

“Here’s a happy story hour choice. . . . A picture book that passes the fun test with flying fizz.” — Booklist It’s hot, hot, hot! So Junie and Jake and Poppa and the baby want to go to the lake. But can they make it there in their Rattletrap Car Big Book? It doesn’t go fast, and it doesn’t go...

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...