Sunday, February 26, 2023

Rock? Plant? Animal?: How Nature Keeps Us Guessing by Etta Kaner illustrated by Brittany Lane - ESSENTIAL

Rock? Plant? Animal?: How Nature Keeps Us Guessing
by Etta Kaner illustrated by Brittany Lane
. PICTURE BOOK Owlkids Books Inc. 2022. $19. 9781771474443 

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3), EL - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

This book invites children to be nature detectives. A brief definition for rock, plant, and animal is given and then illustrations challenge the reader to decide, "Rock? Plant? Animal?" Some of the choices are familiar but a few will be new even to the adults. 

This book is challenging and would need to be read aloud to the younger grades. This is a non-fiction scientific picture book. The Lexile is higher than many picture books due to the vocabulary required to describe the entries. There is even a glossary at the end. I like the illustrations because they are accurate and help show how nature camouflages itself from predators or prey. 

J. Smith, Teacher Librarian

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