Thursday, July 10, 2025

The Fossil Keeper's Treasure by Amy Atwater and Natalia Cardozo - ESSENTIAL

The Fossil Keeper's Treasure
by Amy Atwater and Natalia Cardozo
. INTERACTIVE PICTURE BOOK NON-FICTION Magic Cat Abrams Amulet, 2025. $23. 9781917044264 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ESSENTIAL 

APPEALS TO: SEVERAL 

The Fossil Keeper's Treasure includes 10 different fossils and each includes an embossed illustration the reader can touch. From early Cambrian trilobites to Cenozoic Smilodon and the primate Australopithecus, readers will encounter interesting facts, cool illustrations, and how long ago the fossils were originally discovered. 

I love the format of this interactive book. The pages are heavy, not like a board book, but thick to accommodate the embossed illustration which was so neat. So tactile and satisfying, although it wasn't like touching an actual fossil, it still gave that impression. I loved exploring the pages with my fingers before I looked, to find the place it was located. The illustrations include an artist's rendition of the fossil as it may have been found, with a full page spread of the environment along with what they may have looked like. Facts are dropped in text boxes onto the illustrations. I can think of so many fun classroom applications for The Fossil Keeper's treasure. I hope my local museum has a copy in their gift shop, I'm certainly buying one for my middle school library. 

Lisa Librarian 

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