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Oct 1, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Christopher Edge |Joanna Rzezak |Jason Chin
Sketchy and wildly ambitious, though lightened by a free-wheeling spirit. A novelist sets out to explain quantum physics in simple terms.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Lena Anlauf |Marshall Yarbrough |Joanna Rzezak |Vitali Konstantinov
by Lena Anlauf ; illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov ; translated by Marshall Yarbrough ‧The creators of Genius Noses (2023) present a populous gallery of land animals with prominent ears—long, large, tufted, hidden, false, and sometimes red. The three examples in the “Sometimes Red-Eared” section—Tasmanian devils, black rats, and humans—point to a common theme: External ears serve multiple purposes beyond amplifying outside sounds.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Joanna Rzezak |Henry Herz
The scoop on garden soil’s best friend, rich and comprehensive despite its brevity. How to make compost, with the eager aid of thousands of hungry creepy-crawlies. In this handy guide for would-be garden composters, general directions for creating and using compost paired with illustrations that teem with tiny soil residents are followed by even more explicit procedures and advice featuring ingredients and temperature charts.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Jennifer Smith |Joanna Rzezak |Henry Herz |Mercè López
A work brimming with natural marvels, sure to entrance burgeoning geologists. Earthly phenomena in all their glory shine from the pages of this oversized celebration. Smith’s first title in this series, Glow (2023), shone a spotlight on luminescent animals; in this vibrant introduction to earth science, she explores everything from the planet’s structure to geology-related myths and legends.
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May 31, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Joanna Rzezak |Jason Chin
Friends of these pollinators will be best served elsewhere. This book is buzzing with trivia. Follow a swarm of bees as they leave a beekeeper’s apiary in search of a new home. As the scout bees traverse the fields, readers are provided with a potpourri of facts and statements about bees. The information is scattered—much like the scout bees—and as a result, both the nominal plot and informational content are tissue-thin.
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May 15, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Beth Anderson |Joanna Rzezak |Henry Herz |Mercè López
A delightfully enlightening account and a welcome antidote to our own time’s precarious truthiness. The story of Thomas Jefferson’s fury at a French scientist’s misinformation about the New World introduces young readers to the scientific inquiry process. While Jefferson and the other American revolutionaries fought for independence from Britain, he undertook a lesser-known battle—against scientific misinformation.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Judy Young |Joanna Rzezak |Mike Lowery
Take in the images and text…and dream of your next adventure. An alphabetical introduction to common hiking essentials, rules, and practices as well as national parks. Each letter of the alphabet is devoted to a different topic, though the entries share some similarities. A rhyming verse set against an illustration introduces the letter’s topic: backpack, clothes, hydration, leave no trace, urban hiking.
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Mar 9, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Rob Wilson |Joanna Rzezak |Jason Chin
An engaging, fact-filled book that offers both laugh-out-loud and aha moments. A guide to the secret meanings behind some of our pets’ most curious behaviors. Ever wonder about your dog’s butt-sniffing or poop-eating habits? Or why your cat blinks slowly at you and you feel the urge to slowly blink right back at her? Did you ever imagine that your tarantula, safely tucked in its terrarium, might really be anxious and afraid?
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Benjamin Flouw |Joanna Rzezak |Mayim Bialik
Budding arborists, environmentalists, and collectors of unusual information will find treasures here. An accomplished illustrator, Flouw admits that in the past, he’s often drawn trees in the background of his artwork without giving a thought to different species. Redressing that slight, he depicts some extremes of the tree world, notable for “size, longevity, strength” or other unique characteristics.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Ben Rothery |Joanna Rzezak |Mike Lowery
A stunning springboard, launching the curious toward further investigation. Wonder is immediately evoked by the astounding photorealism of the illustrations (comparable to other Rothery books). Readers of all ages will eagerly pore over these images. Numerous types of animals are covered, grouped by air, earth, and water; all vividly leap, fly, or swim from the page.
