Mushroom Rain, Laura K. Zimmermann
Mushroom Rain, Laura K. Zimmermann
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Mushroom Rain

Author: Laura K. Zimmermann

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2022


Synopsis

What can smell like bubblegum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by humans, and even help create rain? The answer is mushrooms! From their hidden networks underground to the fruiting body above, mushrooms can do incredible things. But don't call them plants—mushrooms are fungi. They're more closely related to animals like you!

About Laura K. Zimmermann

Laura K. Zimmermann is a college professor by day and children’s writer by night. She has published numerous academic articles as well as nonfiction stories in children’s magazines. Mushroom Rain is her first picture book. When she's not writing, she can be found teaching and conducting research at Shenandoah University or wandering through nature with her mini Goldendoodle, Tivy. For more information, visit LauraKZimmermann.com.

About Jamie Green

Jamie Green is a mushroom lover, maker, and freelance book illustrator living in Greenville, South Carolina, and their clients include Disney Hyperion, HarperCollins, and Charlesbridge.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance is a critically acclaimed narrator who has recorded over eight hundred audiobooks and has received over fifty Earphones Awards. A twelve-time Audie Award winner and frequent finalist, he has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice, an AudioFile Best Voice, and the first Booklist Voice of Choice. A former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader in London, he currently lives in California, where he also pursues stage and television acting.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 28, 2022

If not for all the additional information about mushrooms on the pages at the end of the book (I was hoping to learn facts such as these) I would have given this book a lower rating. The illustrations and sparse text in the book proper did draw me in and were almost hypnotic, but I wanted more and wa......more

Goodreads review by Julie on January 11, 2023

Not sure who the audience is for this, but it has stunning illustrations that make my heart soar. There's a little bit of information about mushrooms, too, the most interesting being that some smell like bubble gum and some smell like dead animals. Some of the life cycle of mushrooms is depicted but......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on March 16, 2022

This lyrical picture book about mushrooms is a 3.5 for me. I'd never have dreamed that I'd be so caught up by a text about these interesting fungi. But the author's descriptions of their various scents and colors. coupled with the eye-popping illustrations alongside the informational text, makes thi......more

Goodreads review by IvyInThePages on September 23, 2022

Rating: 5 leaves out of 5 Characters: 5/5 Cover: 5/5 Story: 5/5 Writing: 5/5 Genre: Children Type: Book Worth?: Yes!......more