Brenda Z. Guiberson, Author, Chad Wallace, Illustrator , illus. by Chad Wallace. Henry Holt $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7719-3
Gently urging, emotionally resonant text describes the impacts of global warming—“Because the Arctic keeps getting warmer... the [polar] bear can't gain the weight she needs to raise a cub”—followed by variations on a...
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Brenda Z. Guiberson, Author, Steve Jenkins, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6582-4
Jenkins's collages also shine in Rain, Rain, Rain Forest by Brenda Z. Guiberson, illus. by Steve Jenkins, particularly the thin, nearly transparent strips of paper used to intimate rain. The attractive volume transports readers into the steamy,...
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Brenda Z. Guiberson, Author, Ed Young, Illustrator , illus. by Ed Young. Holt $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8050-8977-6
Guiberson (Life in the Boreal Forest
) uses lyrical call-and-response phrases to describe the endangered southeast Asian moon bear's activities, after she wakes from hibernation. “Who scratches the birch tree and licks oozing sap? Hungry...
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Brenda Z. Guiberson, Author, Megan Lloyd, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1333-7
The intriguing life cycle of the saguaro cactus and the complex web of life that characterizes the North American Sonoran desert is effectively explored in this involving picture book. Guiberson's text captures the reader with its steady pace and...
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Brenda Z. Guiberson, Author, Megan Lloyd, Illustrator Henry Holt & Company $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1756-4
The creators of Cactus Hotel and Spoonbill Swamp here take readers on a lobstering expedition with a boy and his uncle. Thanks to Guiberson's direct yet descriptive text and Lloyd's lifelike graphics, readers can almost feel the moistness of the...
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Brenda Z. Guiberson, illus. by Gennady Spirin. Holt, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9254-7
The team behind Life in the Boreal Forest focuses on a single animal: frogs. The magnificently gifted Spirin paints larger-than-life portraits of 11 frog species from every corner of the world, showing the texture of their skin and the gleam of...
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Brenda Z. Guiberson, illus. by Gennady Spirin. Holt, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9961-4
In their fourth collaboration, Guiberson and Spirin echo the format of 2013’s The Greatest Dinosaur Ever as a dozen aquatic creatures take turns claiming to be the “most amazing creature in the sea!” Each animal describes itself vividly and...
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Brenda Z. Guiberson, illus. by Gennady Spirin. Holt, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-62779-198-4
Guiberson and Spirin return to the setup of The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea and The Greatest Dinosaur Ever as 14 animals make the case for why they deserve the honor described in the title. Among the entrants are the malaria-spreading anopheles
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