ELIZA & THE DRAGONFLY

When a dragonfly lands on her toothbrush, Eliza goes to a nearby pond with her bug-loving Aunt Doris. There in the pond she sees an "awful green creature" - a dragonfly nymph - the size of a paperclip. "Eeeeewwww!" she says. Before long Eliza changes her tune. Includes information about the lifecycle of dragonflies and a resource section.

"The author...easily weaves details of dragonfly physiology - such as the long, retractable lower lip with hooks on the end for catching passing insects (eeeeewwww) - into Eliza's story. The illustrator has chosen the perfect medium for depicting this wetlands tale: watercolors whose soft, blurry edges echo not only the refraction of light through the pond but the gradual subtlety of nature's transformations, as well."

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