The Keeper of Wild Words by Brooke Smith peer pressure Laurence Pringle is a recipient

Laurence Pringle is a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science

CARL PHILLIPS Luna Moth

"Gooley interprets clues like a private investigator of the wilds

Jack (Be Nimble) is a leaping cricket and Yankee Doodle a fun-loving chipmunk on a fullsize horse

and Peter and the Tree Children

The Keeper of Wild Words by Brooke Smith peer pressure Laurence Pringle is a recipientA touching tale of a grandmother and her granddaughter exploring and cherishing the natural world. Words, the woods, and the world illuminate this quest to save the most important pieces of our language by saving the very things they stand for. When Mimi finds out her favorite words simple words, like apricot, blackberry, buttercup are disappearing from the English language, she elects her granddaughter Brook as their Keeper. And did you know? The