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American Elves, the Yankoos (Yankoos and the Oak-Hickory Forest Ecology, Bk 2)
American Elves the Yankoos - Yankoos and the Oak-Hickory Forest Ecology, Bk 2 Author:Robert Frieders Unlike most mythical or magical creatures, the Yankoos have a mission. They make a contribution. They are educational. In a series of five books entitled ‘‘American Elves --The Yankoos and the Oak-Hickory Forest Ecology,” the Yankoos instruct on the plant, animal, and insect life of a small portion of Frederick County. — Yankoo ... more »is a derivation of the word Yankee. The term was given to these ‘‘Yankee Elves” by the gentleman who ‘‘discovered” them -- Robert Frieders.
Frieders, a biologist and retired college professor, introduced the Yankoos to the world in the series of books he published between 1993 and 1997. These books, written for children, but useful to us all, use the Yankoos to increase awareness of our delicate environmental balance.
To tell the story of the Oak-Hickory Forest, Frieders created brightly colored plywood Yankoos. He placed them in their natural habitat, his own property, and his wife Dottie, a retired school teacher, photographed them. The volumes are illustrated with these photographs along with drawings of both Yankoos and the creatures of the wild.« less