Review By JESSICA ALMY Through poetry and illustration, Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes explore all the diverse places — from snail shells to hibernating chipmunks — that spirals appear in the natural world in Swirl by Swirl. This stunning book brings readers underground to woodchuck burrows, up close to observe snails, and into a torrent of […]
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Swirl by Swirl
November 11th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Books
Tags: Beth Krommes·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Elephants·Environment·Illustration·Joyce Sidman·Math·Nature·Nature Books·Preschoolers·Science·Seahorses·Wildlife
Mister Seahorse
November 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM We are big Eric Carle fans but it was not until recently that we got a copy of Mister Seahorse in board book form. It follows Mister Seahorse through the ocean as he cares for his and Mrs. Seahorse’s eggs. On his way he meets with other fathers caring for their young. Interspersed between […]
Tags: Early Elementary·Eric Carle·Father's Day·Fathers·Fish·Homa Woodrum·Oceans·Preschoolers·Seahorses
Ocean Babies
March 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL When I saw Hiroe Nakata was the illustrator of this book, I got excited because my daughter and I had long ago fallen in love with her work in Dashka Slater’s Baby Shoes and Jane Yolen’s Time for Naps. Nakata consistently delivers with her distinctively loose and energetic illustrations in Deborah […]
Tags: Animals·Birth·Deborah Lee Rose·Early Elementary·Hiroe Nakata·Huyen MacMichael·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Ocean·Preschoolers·Reproduction·Seahorses·Wildlife