Michael J. Caduto
Auteur de Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children
A propos de l'auteur
Author, storyteller and musician Michael J. Caduto was born in 1955. He studied agriculture at the University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1978) and University of Michigan (M.S., 1981) with the intention of owning and working his own farm. Along the way, he became an ecologist and educator interested in afficher plus Native American myths, legends and practices. He performs and gives workshops to raise environmental awareness and has taught collegiate environmental studies. His Earth Tales from Around the World (1997) won an Aesop Prize, awarded to the most outstanding books incorporating folklore and published in English for children. He is also author of Keepers of the Earth, Keepers of the Animals, Native American Gardening, and others. His articles have appeared in numerous periodicals in natural history, including Nature Study, Vermont Life, Organic Gardening, and Vermont Natural History. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Michael J. Caduto
Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children (1988) 556 exemplaires
Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children (1991) 295 exemplaires
Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants through Native American Stories and Earth Activities for Children (Keepers of the… (1994) 190 exemplaires
Keepers of the Night: Native American Stories and Nocturnal Activities for Children (Keepers of the Earth) (1994) 175 exemplaires
Keepers of the Earth Teachers Guide 4 exemplaires
Keepers of life : Teacher's Guide 3 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1955-12-20
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- United States of America
- Études
- University of Rhode Island (BS|Natural Resources Management)
University of Michigan (MS|Natural Resources/Environmental Education) - Professions
- artist
musician
Storyteller
teacher - Organisations
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Prix et distinctions
- Aesop Prize by the Children's Folklore Section, American Folklore Society (1997)
NAPPA Gold and Silver Awards (National Parenting Publications Award)
Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling (National Storytelling Network)
New York State Outdoor Education Association's Art and Literary Award - Courte biographie
- of Italian ancestry, in 1984 he founded a service called P.E.A.C.E.® - Programs for Environmental Awareness and Cultural Exchange which promotes understanding, awareness, appreciation and stewardship as the foundation for building a harmonious, sustainable relationship between people and Earth, and among the cultures of the world.
Michael earned a B.S. in Natural Resources Management from the University of Rhode Island (magna cum laude). He was awarded a full Rackham Fellowship from the University of Michigan (M.S. in Natural Resources/Environmental Education, summa cum laude ) and was elected a member of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
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Keepers of the Earth: par Michael J. Caduto
Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children
Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children
Overall this is a good introduction to freshwater ecology for the nonspecialist. On the positive side, it's pretty comprehensive and has a good amount of detail considering its audience. In addition to ecology, it addresses geology and geomorphology, formation of waterways, water chemistry, and hydrology. And it discusses lentic environments (still water, i.e. ponds and lakes) as well as lotic (flowing water) systems and wetlands, and even slightly touches on estuaries (where fresh and saltwater mix). I haven't seen other fairly brief, non-scholarly books with a scope this broad. On the negative side, it's sometimes a bit too warm and fuzzy, and the photographic reproductions are poor. The other graphics serve their purposes reasonably well, and there's a good amount of them, but they're just adequate and sometimes they don't support the text as well as they might. The book design is kind of amateurish, but that's a quibble, and the editing has weak spots, but that is too. On what really matters, the book's pretty successful; I learned a good bit about things I was interested in knowing better, and it neither skimped on nor overwhelmed with the scientific material.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 23
- Membres
- 1,972
- Popularité
- #13,044
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 25
- ISBN
- 60