Reading Rainbow Books: A River Ran Wild (Paperback)

from AbigailAdams26

Author/illustrator Lynne Cherry traces the history of New England's Nashua River in this engaging natural history picture-book, chronicling the many changes in human activity that have affected the health of this fluvial ecosystem. From the days in which it ran clean and clear - so clear that the...

from tnelson725

This picture book follows the history of New England's Nashua River. Hundreds of years ago, the river was plentiful and fertile when natives settled beside it. Over time people began to pollute the river until, in the 1960s, fish and animals couldn't even be found there. The Nashua River Watershe...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

I dunno. Important, interesting, lovely... but just kinda randomly superficial. Step by step through the history of the river, yes. Exploration of the entire ecosystem of the river, including the humans, yes. Lots of details in the sketches in the borders of relevant context, yes. Discussion of s...

from mrspriest

Summary: An environmental history of the Nashua River that runs through Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It tells the story of how the river was discovered by Indians and then polluted through the years if the Industrial Revolution. Then some people decided to clean it up and the river was restor...

from matthewbloome

Like The Great Kapok Tree, this was a great book. The focus is different is this one, instead being on a river that progresses from pre-colonial inhabitation to the present. The river undergoes a transformation from pristine to choked with pollution while its inhabitants undergo a transformation ...