Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Hippos Can’t Swim and other fun facts - ESSENTIAL

DiSiena, Laura Lyn Hippos Can’t Swim and other fun facts, illustrated by Pete Oswald.  PICTURE BOOK.  $18.  

Meet all sorts of denizens of the animal kingdom and read fun facts about each of them.  

This books and its companions could have easily been illustrated with photographs or life-like illustrations.  Instead, someone made the genius idea to call in Oswald.  The resulting bright, clever illustrations are eye-catching and could carry the book all by themselves.  But DiSiena holds her own.  Great pair.  (I want to see more work by Oswald – so awesome!)  

EL (K-3) – ESSENTIAL.  Cindy, Library Teacher

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