The World of Coral Reefs is by Erin Spencer and illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis with an expected publishing date of March 29, 2022 from Storey Publishing.
The illustrations are vibrantly drawn and colored. At first a small part of me was disappointed to not see real coral reef photography, but as I continued turning pages I just fell in love with the illustrations. The colors and lighting are so well done of the spreads of animals. There are several informative illustrations too of maps, levels, close ups, internal looks, and more. The book begins with a table of contents and then jumps into it’s opening section on Rainforests of the Sea. The sections listed in the table of contents are covered in two page spreads in the book, and then it goes onto the next topic. Much of the ordering of these sections makes a lot of sense like starting with their importance, the major reef, what it is, and closing with some of the changes the reefs are up against. But some of the topics in the middle do not have a clear logic to their organization. Some of the later sections give readers ideas for helping out with conservation such as using a reusable bag and avoiding plastic straws when possible.
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100 Things to Know About Inventions is by Clive Gifford and illustrated by Yiffy Gu. This title was published by Happy Yak, a children’s imprint of Quarto, this fall on September 21, 2021 and is geared towards ages six through twelve. I viewed an ARC eBook copy from NetGalley. The book opens with a full list of contents of the inventions to be covered. I love how the introduction mentions that “some inventions come in a sudden flash of inspiration, while others take many years of struggle to make them work. Many inventions do not succeed, but when they do they have the potential to transform the way many people live.” |
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