She has been an artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution, at the geosciences departments at both the University of Massachusetts and Cornell University, the Marine Biological Laboratory, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Flute’s Journey: The Life of a Wood Thrush focused national media attention on conservation efforts to save the Belt Woods in Maryland. For example, A River Ran Wild is recommended by teachers for projects involving the quality of local watersheds. Cherry is an environmental activist whose books are used to launch campaigns to save land, clean up rivers, preserve forests, and help migratory birds. She explains to educators how using nature to integrate curricula makes a child’s learning relevant. She lectures widely-and passionately-about how children can make a difference in a democratic society: if they feel strongly about something, they can change the world. Her best-selling books, such as The Great Kapok Tree, A River Ran Wild, and The Armadillo from Amarillo, teach children a respect for the earth. (Mar.Lynne Cherry is the author and/or illustrator of over thirty award-winning books for children. (One allegorical painting of an Indian chief's head-superimposed on trees-crying into the river, however, jars with the naturalistic style.) Of particular benefit are the handsome, intricately detailed borders that surround the text: depictions of various period artifacts provide artistic interest and added information. Though not her best work, Cherry's illustrations tell the story more effectively. The colorless account of the citizens' battle to clean up the river, for example, reflects little of the passions and energy involved.
While this book provides a solid history, it does little to bring the issues or pivotal figures to life. She delivers this message with a heavier hand than she used in The Great Kapok Tree her writing is more complex and ponderous, and less accessible and inviting, than in the earlier work.
Cherry traces the ecological evolution of New England's Nashua River-how it was respected by generations of Indians, polluted and ultimately deadened in the wake of the industrial revolution and restored in recent years through the efforts of concerned citizens.
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