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Review of A Seed Grows
A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Porter/Holiday 40 pp. g6/22 978-0-8234-4892-0 $18.99e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5307-8 $11.99With her latest science-focused picture book, Portis (Hey, Water!, rev. 3/19) continues to introduce very young readers and listeners to the wonders of nature. Here she details the life cycle of...
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Review of The Snowy Owl Scientist
The Snowy Owl Scientist [Scientists in the Field]by Mark Wilson; photos by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Clarion/HarperCollins 96 pp. g4/22 978-0-358-32959-6 $18.99e-book ed. 978-0-358-32660-1 $9.99The magnificent snowy owl has only one U.S. nesting location: Ukpeagvik, on Alaska’s North Shore. Readers travel vicariously to the town of Utqiagvik (previously Barrow) where...
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Review of Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill
Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill by Matt Lilley; illus. by Dan TavisPrimary Tilbury 40 pp. g1/22 978-0-88448-867-5 $18.95An omniscient narrator notices a small egg at the surface of the Southern Ocean. Using direct address, the narrator speaks to the egg as it floats downward and changes (“you’re not...
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Review of The Whale Who Swam Through Time: A 200-Year Journey in the Arctic
The Whale Who Swam Through Time: A 200-Year Journey in the Arctic by Alex Boersma and Nick Pyenson; illus. by Alex BoersmaPrimary Roaring Brook 48 pp. g5/22 978-1-250-80302-3 $19.99During its lifespan, a bowhead whale, “the longest living mammal in the world,” experiences both physical growth and environmental change, creating the...
Review of Parks for the People: How Frederick Law Olmsted Designed America
Parks for the People: How Frederick Law Olmsted Designed America by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Becca Stadtlander Primary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. g 3/22 978-1-9848-3515-4 $17.99 Beginning with a title that introduces both Frederick Law Olmsted’s work and the book’s main idea, Partridge (Boots on the Ground, rev. 3/18) gives...
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Review of Bobcat Prowling
Bobcat Prowling by Maria Gianferrari; illus. by Bagram IbatoullinePrimary Roaring Brook 48 pp. g3/22 978-1-62672-786-1 $18.99Bobcats live solitary lives all across North America. In this story, Gianferrari (Hawk Rising, rev. 5/18) shows how one such creature travels for many months to find its own territory. Bobcat Yearling leaves its mother...
Review of Fish and Sun and Tiny Tales: Shell Quest
Fish and Sun [I Can Read!: Comics] by Sergio Ruzzier; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary HarperAlley/HarperCollins 48 pp. g 6/21 978-0-06-307664-8 $16.99 Paper ed. 978-0-06-307663-1 $4.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-307665-5 $4.99 Tiny Tales: Shell Quest [I Can Read!: Comics] by Steph Waldo; illus. by the author Primary HarperAlley/HarperCollins 32 pp. ...
Review of Hurricane
Hurricane by John Rocco; illus. by the author Primary Little, Brown 48 pp. g 9/21 978-0-7595-5493-1 $17.99 Life is good for our young narrator. He loves to fish, crab, swim, and just watch the river passing by, and claims a little-used and neglected neighborhood dock as his own. One summer...
Review of Dear Treefrog
Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman; illus. by Diana Sudyka Primary Houghton 40 pp. g 5/21 978-0-358-06476-3 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-358-06671-2 $12.99 In what is in essence a nonfiction early-chapter-book in verse, a young girl moves to a new home. She’s lonely, but when she explores the garden, she observes a...
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