Dipper of Copper Creek

by Jean Craighead George, John L. George, John George, et al.

Book Overview

Doug thought nothing was more interesting than prospecting for gold?until he opened his eyes to the nature around him. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140376224
• ISBN13: 9780140376227
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Dipper of Copper Creek

The Dipper of Copper Creek is full of nature and surprises. Cinclus is a wonderful bird that has to find food for his new young. Ever since the boy was at his grampa's house, by a ghost town, he has always been on a search for Cinclus. He is suppose to help his grandfather dig to find gold, silver, or ore. They next find ore, a lot of ore.it is a very nice book.

Don't rip this one apart

One of the other reviewers on this page does not seem to know what he/she is talking about. The animals in the book do not talk. Instead, they are projected with dignity and accuracy. Jean Craighead George, author of the Julie books, the My Side of the Mountain books, and nearly eighty other wonderful nature stories for children, wrote DIPPER OF COPPER CREEK with her husband John George (they are now divorced), as well as VULPES THE RED FOX, VISON THE MINK, and other fine but, in my opinion, not appropriately recognized nature books. This is a wonderful book, and the story of a young boy becoming a man while his favorite birds become independent around him, is unforgettable. Any nature lover will appreciate this book. You must look deep into the poetic and beautiful text and know that this is indeed not a book to be ripped apart.

Beautifully Written

This was one of the most fantastic books I have ever read! I love the way Ms. George trys to see what is would be like from the Dippers' point of view. Keep up the good work! Dipper (*v*)