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Only ten people probably know what this is, but I'm sort of disappointed it never became a cartoon. It could've been like Winnie the Pooh or something similar.

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Totally Youthful Tuesday

I mean, there’s not much I can say about this book. It’s about the Honeybee lifecycle, done in a free verse poem. And, it’s awesome, and beautiful. It was the perfect combination of art (visual and written) and facts in one book. Amazing.

You may like this book If you Liked: The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall, UnBEElievables by Douglas Florian, or The Bee Book by Charlotte Milner

Honeybee by Candace Fleming

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Time Flies

Eric Rohmann

1994

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“Feathers Together” and “Polar Bear” are portals into the joys and hardships of migratory animals’ lives.

From “Polar Bear.” Credit...Eric Rohmann

Excerpt from this New York Times story:

To perceive the world through another’s eyes is a profound act of empathy; to do so through the eyes of an animal is an even greater feat of research and imagination. The creators of two new picture books succeed splendidly in this endeavor, shaping realistic narratives that take readers into migratory animals’ lives, where survival depends on highly developed senses, instincts and relationships.

Early in Candace Fleming’s POLAR BEAR (Neal Porter/Holiday House, 32 pp., $18.99, ages 4 to 8), we see the tip of the mother polar bear’s black nose poking out from the den near Canada’s Hudson Bay where she has given birth to two cubs and fasted for five months. As she exits the den, she sniffs the spring air for safety before inviting her cubs outside.

Following one family’s yearlong journey to find food and return home, “Polar Bear” is both a paean to a swiftly changing Arctic habitat and a deeply affecting story about fierce mother love.

Their third book, FEATHERS TOGETHER (Abrams, 40 pp., $18.99, ages 4 to 8), was inspired by the stork mates Malena and Klepetan, two birds who for 19 years spent every spring and summer together in Croatia — where they birthed and raised 66 fledglings — and were separated every fall and winter, when Klepetan migrated to South Africa, a journey Malena wasn’t able to make because her wing had been injured by a poacher and she couldn’t fly.

In Levis and Santoso’s version of their story, a “feather-headed man” (revealed in the author’s note to be a school custodian named Stjepan Vokic) fashions a ramp for Malena that leads to a nest on top of his house. There the two storks share stories and stargaze. When the temperature drops, they know it’s time for Klepetan to fly south. Anger and sadness give way to their eponymous rallying cry, a declaration of partnership: “Feathers together!” The man assures them that “friendship survives all kinds of goodbyes.”

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Help Comes in All Sizes

Help comes in all sizes in Bulldozer Helps Out @candacemfleming ‏ @SimonKIDS #kidsbooks

Welcome to our newest reviewer, Abigail Constance Richter, a New York third grader excited to share great books with you. This first review was inspired by the brave and selfless hurricane relief efforts in Texas and Florida, reminding us that anyone can lend a helping hand. Bulldozer Helps Out, by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann; Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 40 pages,…

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A book about a squid won a Sibert Honor yesterday! Go read Giant Squid by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann.

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Eric Rohmann Illustration taken from 'Bone Dog'.

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Misplaced heads, exploding pigs, and kids dancing late in the moonlight are hardly what most think of as appropriate subjects for young readers. But these books tap into the part of children which recognizes story as limitless possibility. Kids, after all, do not get snagged on what these books might mean in the adult world.

Eric Rohmann