By: Sneed B. Collard III
Genre: Informational Nonfiction
Age Range: 3rd - 6th grade: It is organized to read as a story but the length and wording suggests it to be for fluent or independent readers.
Content: In this book Pauline Drobney and her team attempt to reconstruct North America's tall grasslands in Iowa. The book starts off with an explanation of a tall grassland and the dangers. It moves to introduce Pauline and her plan. It goes onto describe a few plants and animals living on the prairies. Next, the book follows Diane Debinski who is on a mission to save the Regal Fritillary butterflies and help them return back to Iowa's prairies. At the end of the book, there is a list of more books and websites on prairies, also a glossary of all the terms in the book and an index.
Organization: Starting with Pauline and her team beginning to reconstruct the prairie, moving to Diane bring back the Regal and finishing with the Prairie Learning Center.
Illustrations: Photography by Sneed B. Collard III. Photos of Pauline and Diane, the various plants and animals, and the steps everyone took to make it all possible.
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