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Thanks to Peartree Publishing for this copy. |
Owen Davey's pop-up books (earlier about dinosaurs and then mythological creatures) offer small bits of information while ensuring that the creature created to "pop-up" takes center stage. Each page also gives the area where the animal lives. Those included are both marvelous as pop-outs and sad to see as well because of their plight. There's the California Condor that I've been fortunate to see, an awesome bird! Also, the Western Gorilla from Africa and the Whale Shark that is found worldwide. Davey shares that they are not actually sharks but are the world's largest fish, and can grow longer than a bus! This will be a younger reader's introduction to this category, enticing and informative.
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1st published by Nosy Crow, LTD in England |
This book of poems by Betsy Franco is full of trickery, about math! She covers lots of topics, not only "Counting in Dog Years" and includes palindromes, geometry, fractions when talking about summer vacation, and even multiplying mice! All in clever rhyme, with hilarious creatures and kids in the illustrations by Priscilla Tey that are full of action on every page. There's an especially funny one about the number of missing socks after washing! Students can use these in math class or for inspiration in writing poetry about math. It's laugh-out-loud fun!
Last, one I think everyone's talking about is the recent one by John Schu and Lauren Castillo, a paean to a story. You will see numerous favorite books in the pages, see children heading to the library, finding books that thrill and bring them knowledge, sate the curious minds, but set them off for more! I showed it to one of my librarians who also loved it and noted even the book call numbers were right! The bonus is that when you pull the cover off and look inside, it becomes a fabulous poster, for the classroom or for your own home. Don't miss it!