However, one picture is misleading although all the animals depicted live in this habitat, they would not all be seen together.
The watercolor and colored-pencil illustrations are sweeping in their subject matter and adequately convey the physical deterioration of the watershed. Her note and the maps on the endpapers, which include a timeline, also help to place the events in context. Cherry uses borders on pages that detail, for example, some of the inventions conceived in the 19th century inexplicably, most are labeled but only some are dated. However, young readers lacking historical background need more facts and dates than are included here. The author gets high marks for documenting the negative impact of industry on the environment and for highlighting the difference one determined person can make. Through the efforts of Marion Stoddart and the Nashua River Watershed Association, laws were passed that resulted in the restoration of this river and the protection of all rivers. By the 1960s, the river valley had been ravaged by many years of serious pollution, and fish, birds, and other animals were no longer seen in the area. Grade 1-4- In the 15th century, when native people first settled on the banks of the river now called the Nashua, it was a fertile and beautiful place.
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