Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors
Summary:0About the Author:•Joyce Sidman lives in Minnesota, where she battles dandelions with great respect for their survival techniques. joycesidman.com Beckie Prange lives in Ely, Minnesota, where she spends as much time as possible in the woods looking at lichens, crows, and other hardy...
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Summary:0About the Author:•Joyce Sidman lives in Minnesota, where she battles dandelions with great respect for their survival techniques. joycesidman.com Beckie Prange lives in Ely, Minnesota, where she spends as much time as possible in the woods looking at lichens, crows, and other hardy northern species. Her first book received a Caldecott Honor. beckieprange.comAuthor: Joyce SidmanIllustrator: Beckie PrangePublisher:Houghton Mifflin Books for ChildrenPublished Date:04/05/2010Format:HardcoverISBN:0618717196#of pages:#N/A
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780618717194 (0618717196)
Publish date: April 5th 2010
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
I dug a couple of the poems and all of the illustrations, especially the Tokay gecko which also graces the cover. The scientific paragraphs that accompany each poem left me mostly cold. The one about lichens was perhaps the best, but they would not hold the attention of someone squirming on my lap, ...
Ubiquitous is probably far more than a two star book to the right child. There's a lot going on here. It explores lots of different life forms (plant as well as animal), some of which younger kids may not even be aware of, and the text for each, while interesting, is more advanced. It's probably ...
I would've loved this as a kid. The art is great and the poems are too, and I learned more about squirrels and other animals reading it than I ever did in school as a kid. If you've got a science-loving kid, get this for them.
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