So I picked up a bunch of Batman freebies. I'm not a huge Bats fan. I really only read him when Catwoman shows up because she's awesome. So - DCeased is basically the DC universe vs. zombies. It's an interesting idea but I didn't find it particularly "must know what happened next". The Bat...
Wonderful and quick read about the endurance of three determined women in their respected fields. I know of Jane Goodall's work but was more familiar with Dian Fossey from seeing Michael Apted's Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and didn't know anything about Birute Galdikas. With such a short book and no...
The Science Comics series uses the graphic novel format to inform kids (and adults) about popular topics. In this case, the topic is coral reefs. The narrator is a sassy yellow goby fish who explains the facts about coral reefs and their inhabitants. There is a wealth of information in this book, an...
The structure made it a little dry for a kid's comic. Wicks' love and appreciation for marine life come through and the illustrations are clean and vibrant, I just wish there were more of a storyline and less of a lecture from a goby.
The structure made it a little dry for a kid's comic. Wicks' love and appreciation for marine life come through and the illustrations are clean and vibrant, I just wish there were more of a storyline and less of a lecture from a goby.
Definitely a work of imaginative non-fiction (little added bits that likely never happened or are not actually true but make the story interesting).
The remarkable story of three pioneering primatologists.