Pioneer Press: Plant a Pocket of Prairie

By Mary Ann Grossmann

Pioneer Press

April 24, 2014

root_plant cover Minneapolis author Phyllis Root and illustrator Betsy Bowen, who lives in Grand Marais, write/illustrate books individually and as a team. This is one of their best. Little kids will love the pictures of birds and animals and teachers whose students are in upper elementary school will appreciate the information about native prairie and its inhabitants.

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