Aston, Dianna An Egg is Quiet This simple poem about an egg hatching is illustrated with fantastic watercolors of the eggs of scores of different creatures (not all birds) with all kinds of cool info about their shapes, weights, textures, incubation periods, markings, etc.
Bidner, Jenni Is My Dog a Wolf? How your pet compares to its wild cousin
Clements, Andrew A Million Dots Takes the whole book to show a million dots, overlaid with pictures colorfully representing amounts of many other things, such as the weight of a sperm whale, how often a person blinks in a week, cartons of chocolate milk to fill a swimming pool.
Davies, Nicola Extreme Animals: the toughest creatures on earth A few intriguing tidbits (such as that the camel’s brain is kept at a reasonable temperature by the blood cooled in the camel’s big nose, and that some frogs can allow ice to grow in their bodies in between cells to hibernate at freezing temperatures), but mostly I felt she didn’t give enough information on any one item, even for younger readers. Also the humorous illustrations were sometimes misleading (for example, the text describes how mammals burn food for warmth, but the picture shows mammals gathered around a bonfire with the heading “mammals burning food”).
Fleming, Candace Our Eleanor: a scrapbook look at Eleanor Roosevelt’s remarkable life jB-R775f Excellent, absorbing, photo-and-ephemera-rich biography.
Goldstone, Bruce Great Estimations Totally cool book about training the eye to estimate numbers. It's one of those skills I don't remember specifically learning, just acquiring somehow; this book really shows how it's done with fun photo illustrations.
Hatkoff, Isabella Owen & Mzee: the true story of a remarkable friendship j599.635 H34o Baby hippo Owen lost his pod and mama in the tsunami; taken to a wildlife refuge, he immediately took to a giant, 135-year-old tortoise and the two big humped critters—one a mammal and one a reptile! – became inseparable.
Houston Fire into Ice: adventures in glass making j748.29 H843f Peculiar and confusing book showing cast and blown glass sculptures by one person, plus his idiosyncratic musings on each piece. Doesn’t say much about process of glassblowing.
Johnson, Dolores Onward: a photobiography of African-American polar explorer Matthew Henson A good read. Makes the point that Henson has been missed by history.
Loy Follow the Trail: a young person’s guide to the great outdoors j796.54 L923f Actually a beginner’s guide to camping for elementary age kids.
McCallum, Ann The Secret Life of Math: discover how (and why) numbers have survived from the cave dwellers to us! J510.9M122s
Ruurs My Librarian is a Camel (Margriet Ruurs) j027.4 R982m
Osborne, Mary Pope Pompeii Lost & Found j937.7 O81p
Stamaty, Mark Alan Alia’s Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq Graphic novel account of everyday heroism: Alia organizes neighbors and friends to carry 30,000 books from the library of Basra and store them in their homes—just before the library is burned.
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