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Learning about animals from the inside out, and taking care of them are themes in two of the books read recently. The final one is about caring for human beings, and ensuring that everyone has the same rights. I hope we all get better at that than we have been in the past, and I also hope we improve our care for animals, too.
Bone by Bone - written by Sara Levine and
illustrated by T.S Spookytooth
Brief, but full of beginning information about bones. Interesting
approach where pages begin with a ‘What if” question. For example, “What kind
of animal would you be if you had really big vertebrae in your neck?” The
illustration shows a young boy with a long neck that is held by large
vertebrae, and the real answer is “a giraffe”.
Answering the repeated questions helps to learn new things about an
animal body, including the human animal. It’s quite a fascinating book.
Special Note: My granddaughter Ingrid is studying big cats this year, which means the anatomy of them connects also with domestic cats. One of her teachers found a dead and decaying cat while hiking and brought it in to help Ingrid clean and put together a display of the skeleton. Ingrid has pet cats, but this did not bother her at all. She spent quite a bit of time last year at our Natural Science Museum studying the skeletons of large sea creatures (her main study then was manatees), so she is passionate about bones. They have spent hours cleaning and examining the bones, carefully reconstructing. I can't wait to see the final result, and will be sure she gets a copy of this book!