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Holding Their Systems Together: Katy Duffield and Hannah Salyer Discuss Their Upcoming WE ARE THE KEYSTONES
"...a brilliant tapestry rich with images and lots of atmosphere." That's the kind of informational picture book we're discussing with its author and illustrator today. If you want guidelines on how to write such a book, then I think you need to read this.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Science & Nature Books for Kids
Merry Christmas! How about celebrating the season with science? I mean... it's good for what ails ya.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Science and Nature Books for Kids
Today, consider this post my present to all those nonfiction and informational book fans out there. It's just FULL of titles that won't really get their day in the sun unless we promote the bloody heck out them.
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Science and Nature Books
I hope you're ready for A LOT of science and nature books today, because this is definitely my longest list to date. Full of incredible titles!
Twin Stars, One Light: A Fire of Stars Dual Interview with Kirsten Larson and Katherine Roy
With four starred reviews (and counting) to its name, today I talk about The Fire of Stars with its creators and learn just how difficult this sophisticated picture book bio was to create.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Science and Nature Books for Kids
I love how much I've learned about both science and nature thanks in large part to the children's books I've read. An accounting of some of the best of the year.
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Guest Post: Kids and Nature Preschool Teachers Weigh In on the Blueberry Award by Martha Meyer
Special guest poster Martha Meyer joins us to talk about connecting kids and teachers to books about science, nature, and the environment itself.
Review of the Day: Listen to the Language of the Trees by Tera Kelley, ill. Marie Hermansson
With exquisitely clever art, this isn’t the first book I’ve seen on the subject of tree communication, but what I can say is that it’s the best written with the most useful illustrations to date.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Science and Nature Books
2021 turned out to be a remarkably strong year for Nonfiction in general and science/nature in particular. From biologists to topography to the life cycles of clouds and smoke, there's a little of someone for everyone here.
Review of the Day: Mars Is by Suzanne Slade
Want to instill Mars fever? Then you gotta catch this book.
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