Daddy Longlegs at Birch Lane

Smithsonian's Backyard

by Beverley Brenna, Sandra Blair (Illustrator)

Every day is an adventure when you're Daddy Longlegs. Children follow Daddy Longlegs as he treks across the backyard that he calls home. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Daddy Longlegs at Birch Lane is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations. Watch your children have a blast reading and learning about the animals that live in an American backyard!



Book
- An informative storyline and colorful illustrations
- Appropriate for ages 3-9
- Hardcover 12 x 8 3/4 inches

Genres: Picture Books, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

Published September 15, 1996

About the author

Beverley Brenna calls Saskatoon, Saskatchewan home base, and loves to travel (both for real, and through reading)!

She published her first poem in The Western Producer at age seven. From this point, she was hooked on writing!

Much of what she writes contains autobiographical scenes, such as the "friendship soup" in The Keeper of the Trees, and the care and keeping of a pet tarantula in Spider Summer.

She has worked as a babysitter, home daycare mom, clerk steno, draftsperson, caregiver for orphan lambs, teacher, and university professor as well as a writer and storyteller.

Reviews

[Inhabiting Books]

A book that gives children a really great overview of the "typical" life of a Harvester spider in a garden, in a just-the-right-amount-of-info way. It's enough to whet the curiosity of an older child, while not being overwhelming for a younger child. There is an added note at the back of the book containing more information about the spider. My five-year-old and eight-year-old daughters were fascinated.