{"product_id":"whats-their-kingdom-hardcover","title":"What's Their Kingdom? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuliene McCormick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClaire Thoele\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What's Their Kingdom? is a narrative non-fiction book about mushrooms. Interactively the author encourages and engages the reader in learning about mushrooms and their fungi kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What's Their Kingdom? guides children to discover fascinating facts and characteristics of the fungi kingdom - specifically, how mushrooms grow, how they live and how they multiply. Little \"Funguys\" help teach the concepts unique to this kingdom. They and the author dialogue, showing comparisons of the fungi kingdom with plant and animal kingdoms (The author addresses the reader as \u003cem\u003eMammal Reader\u003c\/em\u003e ). It is revealed that although they share some similar traits, scientists identify the fungi kingdom as its own classification of living things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author and the illustrator demonstrate through drawings and photographs, the beauty and diversity of fungi in color, shape and size. Juliene shares her own experiences of discovering fungi in nature and journaling those experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The \"Mammal Reader\" is encouraged to head out of doors and go on mushroom hunts, She describes when it's best to find them, and reminds the reader that they can be visible at parks, in forests, or even in their own back yards. Children are clearly warned NEVER to eat a wild mushrooms (this warning being similar to teaching the danger of the plant kingdom's poson ivy). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Detailed directions are given for conducting a science experiment...it's purpose being to observe fungi spores and compare the spores of different kinds of mushrooms...then jorunalling those findings. (This actually would make for a great science fair project )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Other activities are integrated into \u003cstrong\u003eWhat's Their Kingdom?\u003c\/strong\u003e. A catchy, rap jingle to sing, \"Little Fungi Friend O' Mine\"; a \"How to Draw Your Own Funguy\" page; a page for coloring, showing children on a mushroom hunt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWhat's Their Kingdom? \u003c\/strong\u003epromotes both a broadening curiosity of nautre in general, and an increase in knowledge specific to mushrooms and the fungi kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 8.5 x 11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47321800540409,"sku":"9780578639291","price":27.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/wqnB9QRpgy9780578639291.webp?v=1769511781","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/whats-their-kingdom-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}