Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009SRU71I
Publish date: April 5th 2010
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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.
15 years ago
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