Category Archives: Biology

It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food into Fuel (and Poop) by Dr. Jennifer Gardy, illustrations by Belle Wuthrich

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food into Fuel (and Poop) by Dr. Jennifer Gardy, illustrations by Belle Wuthrich. Greystone Kids, 2021. 9781771645010 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you like … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of Trees: How Trees Work Together to Form a Natural Kingdom – Lita Judge

Posted on July 6, 2021 by kyurenka

The Wisdom of Trees: How Trees Work Together to Form a Natural Kingdom – Lita Judge. Roaring Brook Press, 2021. 9781250237071  Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5  What did you like about the … Continue reading →

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Monarch Butterfly (New and Updated) by Gail Gibbons

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

Monarch Butterfly (New and Updated) by Gail Gibbons. Holiday House, 9780823448319, 2021 (previously published 1989) Format: Hardcover, 32 pages Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre:  Nonfiction, Biology What did you like about the book? Engaging and informative, this … Continue reading →

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Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas by Elizabeth Shreeve, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas by Elizabeth Shreeve, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon. Candlewick Press, 9781536214109, 2021 Format: Hardcover, 32 pages Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre:  Nonfiction, Biology What did you like … Continue reading →

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The Good Germ Hotel: Meet Your Body’s Marvelous Microbes by Kim Sung-hwa and Kwon Su-jin, illustrated by Kim Ryung-eon

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Stephanie Tournas

The Good Germ Hotel: Meet Your Body’s Marvelous Microbes by Kim Sung-hwa and Kwon Su-jin, illustrated by Kim Ryung-eon. What on Earth Books, 9781913750169, 2021 Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 What did … Continue reading →

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Women in Biology: Science Wide Open Series – written by Mary Wissinger, illustrated by Danielle Pioli

Posted on December 27, 2020 by kyurenka

  Women in Biology: Science Wide Open Series – written by Mary Wissinger, illustrated by Danielle Pioli, Science, Naturally!  9781938492303, 2020 paperback first edition, originally published 2016 Format:  Paperback (English and Spanish) Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a … Continue reading →

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Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems by Mary Batten, illustrated by Beverly J. Doyle

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Stephanie Tournas

Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems by Mary Batten, illustrated by Beverly J. Doyle. Peachtree, (Revised edition) 2016. 9781561459032 Format: Paperback Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 What did you like about … Continue reading →

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Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs, by Melissa Stewart,  illustrated by Stephanie Laberis

Posted on October 5, 2020 by kyurenka

     Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs, by Melissa Stewart,  illustrated by Stephanie Laberis, Peachtree, 9781682632024, 2020 (originally published in 2018, now reissued in paperback)  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback … Continue reading →

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Heartbeat – Doe Boyle, illustrations by Daniel Long

Posted on June 21, 2020 by kyurenka

Heartbeat – Doe Boyle, illustrations by Daniel Long, Albert Whitman & Company, 9780807531907, 2020  Format: ARC (Hardcover available September, 2020) Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5  What did you like about the book? I love … Continue reading →

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The Story of Seeds: Think Global, Act Local – Nancy F. Castaldo

Posted on February 11, 2020 by kyurenka

 The Story of Seeds: Think Global, Act Local – Nancy F. Castaldo, Houghton MIfflin Harcourt; (9780358120179), 2020 Format: hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Genre: nonfiction What did you like about the book? Seeds … Continue reading →

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