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Here’s an information book created by an enthusiast rather than an expert. Cate doesn’t claim to know everything about birds, but she does hope that her enthusiasm is catching. In fact, she uses every last bit of space in this book, endpaper to endpaper, to give advice in a lighthearted and nonthreatening way.
What do you make of the multiple ways she delivers information? Is it confusing to have anthropomorphized word balloons along with information about scientific observation? Who is the book for?
I would have to assume that no teacher would make an entire class read this book together. But if (for example) the class was in the habit of checking in on Cornell’s live nest cams every day after lunch, then I hope this book and a few other books about birds would available for anyone who was hooked on birds.
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Last week, I posted about attending the Edward Gorey exhibit at the Boston Athenaeum. I attended the exhibit this past weekend (read my blog review here). After the exhibit, my mind is now fresh on pen and ink, and I want to highlight a few of my favorite pen & ink children's books...
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