The Puppy in Disguise by Daniel Silverhawk: A Playful Return to the Animal Kingdom Through Poetry
There is something naturally poetic about the animal world, like it has a pulse under everything. Animals can be amusing without intending it, mysterious without any explanation, and surprisingly expressive even when they never speak a word. For children’s writers, they bring a near limitless landscape for imagination, and it’s there, between the facts and […]
Sea Stories: How the Tiny Gobies Saved Their Coral Homes by Danielle Dixson and Maural Sowlat: Tiny Fish, a Fragile Reef, and a Remarkable Story of Survival
The ocean’s greatest heroes are not always its largest creatures. In Sea Stories: How the Tiny Gobies Saved Their Coral Homes, Danielle Dixson and Maural Sowlat turn a fascinating example of marine ecology into an accessible story for young readers. Against the spectacular backdrop of a coral reef, tiny gobies become unlikely defenders of the […]