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Chickens Aren't the Only Ones - (Explore!) by Ruth Heller (Paperback)

Chickens Aren't the Only Ones - (Explore!) by  Ruth Heller (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Heller's prose and pictures are the perfect means for discovering the varietyof oviparous animals and their unique ways of laying eggs.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Ruth Heller's prose and pictures are the perfect means for discovering the variety of oviparous animals and their unique ways of laying eggs.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>After receiving a fine arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and completing two years of graduate work in design at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, <b>Ruth Heller</b> (1923-2004) began her career designing wrapping paper, cocktail napkins, greeting cards, and coloring books. After five years of rejection and one complete revision, Heller's first book, <i>Chickens Aren't the Only Ones</i>, about egg-laying animals, was published in 1981. It was so successful that the sequel, and second book to be published, <i>Animals Born Alive And Well</i> (1982), about mammals, quickly followed. In 1983 and 1984, her third and fourth titles, <i>The Reason For A Flower</i> (about plants that have seeds and flowers) and <i>Plants That Never Ever Bloom</i> (about plants that do not) were published. <p/>She then began work on a collection of six books, the <i>How To Hide</i> series on camouflage and the magic of this phenomenon in nature, which covered the entire animal kingdom -- insects, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and sea creatures. The next collection of books became a five-volume series on parts of speech: <i>A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns; Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs; Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives; Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns;</i> and <i>Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs</i>. She also wrote and illustrated the unique and fascinating book <i>Color</i>, a charming and instructive guide to how art goes through the four color printing process. <p/>Among the notable people who have had an influence on Heller's writing have been: Ogden Nash, Gilbert and Sullivan, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, and Dr. Seuss. Heller says of her work, All my books are nonfiction picture books in rhyme. I find writing in rhyme enjoyable and challenging, and I think it is an easy way for children to learn new facts and acquire a sophisticated vocabulary. Children are not intimidated by big words. I try to make my writing succinct and allow the illustrations to convey as much information as possible.

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