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Review of City of Leafcutter Ants: A Sustainable Society of Millions
City of Leafcutter Ants: A Sustainable Society of Millions by Amy Hevron; illus. by the authorPrimary Porter/Holiday 40 pp.6/24 9780823453184 $18.99In the rainforests of Central America, leafcutter ants live in colonies of up to “eight million sisters.” Likening the colonies to human cities, Hevron shows how the division of labor...
Review of Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet
Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet by Nicola Davies; illus. by Emily Sutton Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 3/24 9781536231410 $18.99 Davies showcases the important role that plants play on Earth as consumers of carbon, producers of oxygen, and mitigators of the effects of human-induced global warming. The...
Review of The Iguanodon’s Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again…and Again
The Iguanodon’s Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again…and Again by Sean Rubin; illus. by the authorPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp.3/24 9780063239210 $21.99What did dinosaurs really look like? The best attempts to answer this question are constantly changing. Rubin shows how each major find in...
Review of The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants
The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants by Philip Bunting; illus. by the authorPrimary Crown 32 pp.3/24 9780593567784 $17.99Library ed. 9780593567791 $20.99e-book ed. 9780593567807 $10.99This overview of ants combines cleverly designed graphics and a funny text to convey major concepts about the familiar insects. Expressive-eyed ants march across the pages, first in...
Review of Something About the Sky
Something About the Sky by Rachel Carson; illus. by Nikki McClureIntermediate Candlewick Studio 56 pp.3/24 9781536228700 $19.99This previously unpublished essay from “poet of science” Carson (1907–1964) is paired beautifully with McClure’s cut-paper and swirling ink-wash art. In 1956, a children’s television program asked Carson to respond to a child’s request...
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Review of What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?: And Other Questions About Nature & Life Cycles
What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?: And Other Questions About Nature & Life Cycles by Rachel Ignotofsky; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Crown 48 pp.3/24 9780593176528 $19.99Library ed. 9780593176566 $22.99e-book ed. 9780593176559 $11.99In an assortment of nest homes, baby birds happily await the breakfasts brought by their parents. These basic needs...
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Review of Change Is in the Air: Carbon, Climate, Earth, and Us
Change Is in the Air: Carbon, Climate, Earth, and Us by Debbie Levy; illus. by Alex BoersmaPrimary Bloomsbury 40 pp.3/24 9781547612062 $18.99e-book ed. 9781547612079 $13.29Levy and Boersma’s gentle and accessible introduction to climate change centers on carbon and its ubiquitous presence in Earth’s living and nonliving systems. Brief definitions of...
Review of Thank You, Moon: Celebrating Nature’s Nightlight
Thank You, Moon: Celebrating Nature’s Nightlight by Melissa Stewart; illus. by Jessica Lanan Primary Knopf 48 pp. 10/23 9780593435076 $18.99 Library ed. 9780593435083 $21.99 e-book ed. 9780593435090 $11.99 An offstage narrator speaks directly to the moon, expressing thanks for the light it provides, and sometimes doesn’t, to the inhabitants of...
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Review of A Stone Is a Story
A Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth; illus. by Marc MartinPrimary McElderry 40 pp.10/23 9781534496941 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534496958 $10.99“A stone is not just a stone,” but instead a story, a record of dynamic processes occurring across large stretches of time. Booth’s imaginative stories about one stone align with...
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