Ocean Sunlight : How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas
School Library Journal Gr 3–5—Bang and Chisolm have written about the sun before, Bang in My Light (2004) and the pair in Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life (2009, both Scholastic). Here they turn their attention to the ocean and its vast population of phytoplankton—the widespread "meadow" of the sea. The simple […]
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
Jubal's Wish
Mouse Mess
The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo
The Journey : Stories of Migration
School Library Journal Review: Gr 3-5?Rylants clear descriptions are matched with expansive, semi-realistic paintings of different animals and the terrain through which they travel. Locusts, monarch butterflies, gray whales, American silver eels, caribou, and Arctic terns are presented as …miracles in motion. Rylant mentions the incomplete understanding of science about how animals navigate the extreme […]
The Flying Bed
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Willard's (A Visit to William Blake's Inn) enchanting fairy tale takes place in Thompson's (Christmas in the Big House) gloriously rendered Florence. Guido lacks the skill to be a great baker like his father: "Guido's icings were lumpy and his fresh bread tasted stale." The man and his wife, Maria, […]