Mick Manning

This book is all about supermoms which include humans and other mammals, fish, marsupials, amphibians, and reptiles. While I am not sure I would use this book to directly teach science, I would definitely incorporate it into my library and possibly use this book as a mother's day activity. I like that this book compares human behavior to other animal's behavior which I think is an interesting concept.

This book is an informative, well-illustrated book about Darwin's life. Although it brings life to the defining events in Darwin's life and studies, it did feel that it failed to really make sense of Darwin's theory until the very end. Using Darwin's own words, the book starts out with a brief description of his early years and time at univiersity. It was interesting to learn that viewing two operations disgusted him and left him haunted by what he saw. It was also interesting to learn about show more his membership in the Glutton Club (they would meet once a week to eat 'strange' meat). The book then goees on to tell of many travels and important discoveries Darwin makes on the HMS Beagle. When he visits a zoo after returning from his five-year trip on the Beagle, he notes "Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work; more humble, and I believe true, to consider ourselves created from animals." THe last few pages lay out Darwin's theory of natural selection in four main points. show less

Funny, I didn't even know there was a separate British Library, because it doesn't appear in the very dated novels I read. This is a creatively illustrated book using a kind of collage of realistic depictions of the books and more cartoon-like depictions of the authors or action of the books.

A little girl obsessed with geese dreams one night that she is visited by a Canada goose who takes her on the ride of her life as she migrates north with the gaggle for the spring and summer months, seeing goslings hatch and grow before migrating back south for the colder seasons.

This book incorporates a lot of factual information about geese and their migratory patterns in a way that is fun and engaging for young children. Even the young toddlers in my class loved this book and paid close show more attention to it. They loved saying "honk! honk!" with the geese and stopping to count the number of geese flying in the V formation. The illustrations are definitely rooted in realism but having just enough element of cartoony gentleness and color to be appealing to young readers. The book ends with some facts about geese and other migratory animals for those readers who will want to know more after finishing the narrative. show less