Bridget Heos. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-544-30347-8
“When it comes to global warming and whether or not it’s being caused by human actions, the verdict is in. There is no reasonable doubt.” Heos (Stronger than Silk) doesn’t mince words in this self-described “call to action,” as she clearly and...
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Bridget Heos. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-544-81166-9
Assisted by striking nature photography, Heos (Blood, Bullets, and Bones) succinctly explains adaptation and convergent evolution, describing how dissimilar animals have developed common characteristics for survival. The featured animals appear in...
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Bridget Heos, illus. by Joy Ang. Clarion, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-547-77357-5
From mustache parties to Movember, upper lip hair is the accessory du jour, and why should babies be left out of the fun? When Billy is born with a mustache, a helpful nurse tells his folks, “You’ll just have to wait and see whether it is a good-guy
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Bridget Heos, illus. by Joy Ang. Clarion, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-544-36375-5
Billy, a toddler with an enviable mustache, is used to ruling the roost. So when Baby Javier shows up with a full beard, competitiveness leads to Wild West–worthy dueling: “Billy had never seen such grit. Except when he was looking in the mirror. He
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Bridget Heos, photos by Andy Comins. Houghton Mifflin, $18.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-547-68126-9
Move over, Spider-Man. In this addition to the Scientists in the Field series, Heos offers a window into astonishing real-life research conducted by biologist Randy Lewis, who studies the potential uses for spider silk in products like artificial...
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Bridget Heos, illus. by Alejandro O’Keeffe. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4847-2852-9
Writing in the mannered, once-upon-a-time language of fairy tales, Heos (Mustache Baby Meets His Match) introduces Queen Dog, whose reign over her urban household is challenged by the arrival of a human baby named Catherine. In crisply delineated...
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Bridget Heos, illus. by Mike Ciccotello. Crown, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-525-57936-6
Told in a gently humorous first-person perspective, this narrative nonfiction tale follows an anthropomorphic “teeny tiny acorn” as it grows into a mighty oak among its family of 10,000 trees, who live in a diverse forest that includes walnuts,...
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Bridget Heos, illus. by Mike Ciccotello. Crown, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-593-30293-4
In this accessible introduction to virology with a section that discusses Covid-19 and vaccines, Heos employs a novel approach: a rhinovirus narrator, portrayed as a smiling, rounded green virion, takes readers along on its journey, leaving a light-s
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Bridget Heos, illus. by Galia Bernstein. Holt, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-250-24462-8
A punny concept is expanded into full-fledged scenes of merriment in this jolly romp, which imagines various shark species preparing for Christmas under the sea and awaiting a visit from Santa Jaws, the kindly Great White in a red cap. Heos employs...
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