Someone Walks By
Subtitle: The Wonders of Winter Wildlife
By: by Polly Carlson-Voiles.
Publisher: Raven Productions Inc.  -  www.ravenwords.com
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ely, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780980104554; 9780980104561
Subjects: Forest animals -- Wintering -- Juvenile literature; Winter -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
First sentence: During the night, the deep, cold night, the wind shakes the clouds, loosening the snow that feathers every stick and rock and animal.  A thickness of white hde the life of the forest.
Description: Someone is walking through the north woods in winter. Readers can see the tracks in each detailed depiction of winter habitat, but they don't discover the mystery animal until the last pages. On the way, they see frozen wood frogs, a bear in her den with her newborn cubs, sleepy chipmunks, fish and otters swimming under the ice, owl hunting and hare hiding, and many other creatures surviving and even thriving in the cold, snowy winter environment.
Notes: This book won the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for 2009 for children's literature.  The artwork in this book is created from intricately cut colored paper with watercolor detailing.  It won a silver medal in the 2009 Midwest Independent Publisher's Awards and a bronze medal at the 2009 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards, both for best nonfiction picture books.   A glossary defines different types of snow and amazing facts about winter animals.