Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects and brook trout that ate them, frogs that chirruped and birds watching for bugs and fish. This is a true story about a man named Mike who went looking for that creek long after it was buried under fields of corn. It is the story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and with it a whole world of nature.

In the words of award-winning author Jacqueline Briggs Martin and the enchanting illustrations by Claudia McGehee, this heartening tale of an ecosystem restored in the Driftless Area of northeast Iowa unfolds in a way that will charm and inform young readers who are drawn to a good mystery, the wonders of nature--and, of course, big earth-moving machines.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 03/07/2017
ISBN: 9780816698028
Pages: 36
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 10.30w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/19/2016
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2017
Booklist 01/01/2017 pg. 68
School Library Journal 02/01/2017 pg. 119
Foreword 03/02/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2017 pg. 180 - Recommended, Satisfactory