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Review of Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize
Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize by Lori Alexander; illus. by Rebecca SantoIntermediate Clarion/HarperCollins 128 pp.1/25 9780063245990 $18.99e-book ed. 9780063246010 $9.99“It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years.”...
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Review of Sun Bird: The Amazing Journey of the Arctic Tern
Sun Bird: The Amazing Journey of the Arctic Tern by Lindsay Moore; illus. by the authorPrimary Greenwillow 40 pp.2/25 9780063061002 $19.99Summer in the northern polar regions finds a pair of Arctic terns caring for their two newly hatched chicks. In lushly illustrated landscapes of sea, ice, rock, and sky, they...
Review of Unlocking the Universe: The Cosmic Discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope
Unlocking the Universe: The Cosmic Discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope by Suzanne Slade Primary, Intermediate Charlesbridge 48 pp. 10/24 9781623544591 $17.99 e-book ed. 9781632894083 $9.99 The James Webb Space Telescope is the latest “great observatory” collecting data on distant galaxies and stars from a position orbiting Earth. Slade skillfully...
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Review of I Am Wind
I Am Wind by Rachel Poliquin; illus. by Rachel WadaIntermediate Tundra 80 pp.11/24 9780735272187 $19.99e-book ed. 9780735272194 $11.99This innovative collection of musings on wind mixes poetic expression, cultural myths, and scientific facts to describe and explain wind phenomena. Major topics include the ways winds are formed in dynamic environments such...
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Review of Close Up & Far Out: Seeing the World Differently
Close Up & Far Out: Seeing the World Differently by Mary Auld and Adria Meserve; illus. by Adria MeservePrimary, Intermediate Creative Editions 40 pp.8/24 9781568463537 $19.99Seventeenth-century “natural philosophers” Galileo Galilei (who looked out into the universe using a telescope) and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (who looked closely into water droplets with...
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Review of Dinosaurs Can Be Small
Dinosaurs Can Be Small by Darrin Lunde; illus. by Ariel LandyPreschool, Primary Charlesbridge 32 pp.9/24 9781623543303 $17.99e-book ed. 9781632893048 $9.99Six familiar and quite large dinosaurs or prehistoric reptiles are paired with structurally or behaviorally similar—but tinier—species (readers can refer to helpful insets for illustrations showing to-scale size comparisons). The “meat-eating”...
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Review of Sea Without a Shore: Life in the Sargasso
Sea Without a Shore: Life in the Sargasso by Barb Rosenstock; illus. by Katherine RoyPrimary Norton 32 pp.9/24 9781324016076 $18.99The Sargasso Sea sits within the Atlantic Ocean and is home to an ecosystem centered on the seaweed genus Sargassum. To the children portrayed exploring the seashore in the opening pages...
Review of Over and Under the Wetland
Over and Under the Wetland by Kate Messner; illus. by Christopher Silas Neal Primary Chronicle 56 pp. 8/24 9781797210872 $18.99 Messner and Neal’s seventh contribution to their long-running series (most recently Over and Under the Canyon, rev. 11/21) follows a child and nature-savvy grandmother into a cypress swamp. The boardwalk...
Review of Animal Superpowers!
Animal Superpowers! by Amy Cherrix; illus. by Frann Preston-GannonPrimary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp.6/24 9781534456273 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534456280 $10.99Much like superheroes, some animal species have remarkable abilities. The ten featured species with “superpowers” have notable adaptations that help them to survive. These creatures are indeed impressive, and the book’s format enhances...
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