What is Groundhog Day All About?

Messiah Community Radio Talk Show

What is Groundhog Day all about? Learn about this popular tradition celebrated in the United States and Canada on February 2nd. Discover the secret world of the groundhog through the eyes of Margot the woodchuck while gaining a close-up view of wildlife in whimsical photo illustrations. Do you want to know more about the woodchuck? Then this book packed with information about groundhogs (who are also called woodchucks), is for you! Margot the woodchuck reveals all her secrets. She describes how groundhogs are born, what they look like and who is in their family. She talks about how they fill their tummies in summer and autumn, to store fat for the long winter months. Even medical doctors and scientists study the groundhog hibernation. Find out why in this fascinating illustrated book. Lieve Snellings is a multi Award-winning Author and a retired freelance photographer who lives in Leuven (Belgium). Her series of pictures books/children’s books illustrated with full-color photos ‘Nature in Quebec, Pictures of Astonishing Wildlife’ count now 2 books, available in Dutch, English, and French. Lieve's images illustrated many books, magazines and were published online. Her photos were shown in exhibitions all over the world. Since 2008, you can find her for about 5 months a year in Canada. There she became a passionate nature photographer. She spent hours, weeks observing wildlife and searched all the info she could find. This and her imagination caused her to publish three children's books in which photos are as important as words. Her stories take the traditional picture book experience and transform it by replacing illustrations by her own nature photography. The books are written in her mother tongue Dutch and translated into English and French. Her images illustrated many books, magazines and were published online. Her photos were shown in exhibitions all over the world. Visit Lieve's website at https://lievesnellings.wordpress.com/ You can follow her on twitter: @SnellingsLieveAnd on facebook: www.facebook.com/FotoBoekLieveSnellings