The Adventure of the Big Fish by the Small Creek

by Gabriella Vagnoli, Judy Bradbury

Overview

It all begins one mid-summer day. First, the Cayuga Island Kids rescue a mallard caught in the plastic rings from six-pack of cans. Litter. Moments later, a girl on a bike carelessly tosses a plastic bottle in the creek. The Cayuga Island Kids successfully retrieve it, but then they notice all the litter in the park. That's when they decide it's time for action. But moving from knowing something has to be done to getting it done takes determination, teamwork, and sometimes, looking in a new direction. How the Cayuga Island Kids go from fishing a plastic bottle out of the creek to bringing the community together to build a recycling bin big enough to hold plenty of plastic makes for a lively adventure. Young readers will be entertained as they learn about the importance of recycling, brainstorming ideas, teamwork, the value of community effort, and the promise of new friendships. Best of all, readers will cheer on the Cayuga Island Kids as they come to realize that although we are each just one person, together we can make a BIG difference. The third book in the Cayuga Island Kids series will release in Spring 2022.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781952536199
Publisher:	City of Light Publishing
Publication date:	09/15/2021
Series:	Cayuga Island Kids
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	130
Lexile:	610L (what's this?)
File size:	8 MB
Age Range:	7 - 3 Years

About the Author

Judy Bradbury is also the author of the Christopher Counts! series (One Carton of Oops, Double Bubble Trouble, A High-Fiving Gift for Mom! and Doggone Lemonade Stand) as well as many professional resources for educators and parents. A literacy specialist who has taught students from preschool through college in Buffalo and Western New York for more than 30 years, her monthly column for LibrarySparks inspired the creation of the popular Children's Book Corner blog (www.blog.judybradbury.com), where she interviews authors and illustrators and offers suggestions for using their books to connect social-emotional learning to curriculum in Grades Pre-K—8. Judy visits schools to share her books with students and offers writing workshops. Bradbury grew up on Cayuga Island, NY where this story takes place, just upstream from Niagara Falls. Award-winning illustrator Gabriella Vagnoli has also created outstanding art for The Very Thirsty Mama, Two Tortoises in the Forest, and Daniel Feels Purple. Italian by birth, Vagnoli now works and lives in Chicago. Although she has always loved to draw, Gabriella became an illustrator via a circuitous route that allowed her to explore many other interests including theater, music, teaching, and languages. Her work in these fields all had a common thread: communication. And this is what she loves best about illustrating children's books—the opportunity to visually communicate a story in a way that will indelibly imprint it on young minds, just as she still has with her the illustrated stories from her childhood. Judy Bradbury is the author of several children's books as well as professional resources for educators and parents. A literacy specialist who has taught students from preschool through college, her monthly column for LibrarySparks inspired the creation of the popular Children's Book Corner blog (www.blog.judybradbury.com) where she interviews authors and illustrators and offers suggestions for using their books to connect social-emotional learning to curriculum in Grades Pre-K—8. Judy visits schools to share her books with students and offers writing workshops. Judy Bradbury is also the author of the Christopher Counts! series (One Carton of Oops, Double Bubble Trouble, A High-Fiving Gift for Mom! and Doggone Lemonade Stand) as well as many professional resources for educators and parents. A literacy specialist who has taught students from preschool through college in Buffalo and Western New York for more than 30 years, her monthly column for LibrarySparks inspired the creation of the popular Children's Book Corner blog (www.blog.judybradbury.com), where she interviews authors and illustrators and offers suggestions for using their books to connect social-emotional learning to curriculum in Grades Pre-K—8. Judy visits schools to share her books with students and offers writing workshops. Bradbury grew up on Cayuga Island, NY where this story takes place, just upstream from Niagara Falls. Award-winning illustrator Gabriella Vagnoli has also created outstanding art for The Very Thirsty Mama, Two Tortoises in the Forest, and Daniel Feels Purple. Italian by birth, Vagnoli now works and lives in Chicago.