{"product_id":"creekfinding-a-true-story-9780816698028","title":"Creekfinding: A True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacqueline Briggs Martin has written more than fifteen picture books including the Caldecott Award-winning \u003ci\u003eSnowflake Bentley\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eChicken Joy on Redbean Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFarmer Will Allen and the Growing Table\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia McGehee is the illustrator and author of \u003ci\u003eA Tallgrass Prairie Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Woodland Counting Book\u003c\/i\u003e. Most recently, she illustrated \u003ci\u003eNorth Woods Girl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692906844434,"sku":"9780816698028","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_010c7ff2-19ad-44d4-ae47-e6fb4df97d5c.jpg?v=1734137755","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/creekfinding-a-true-story-9780816698028","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}