Science Comics: Trees: Kings of the Forest by Andy Hirsch, 121
pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL/NON-FICTION First Second (Macmillan), 2018. $13.
Content: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: MS,
HS – ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL:
AVERAGE
An acorn gets bored sitting
around and is looking for excitement, so forest animals show him how a tree is
a living organism with lots of exciting things going on inside. The acorn learns lots of different things
about the tree, including how roots grow, how water is transferred throughout the
tree, why certain branches grown and not others as well as many different other
inside workings of trees. How trees help
with pollination and how the leaves get maximum help from the sun, as well as
defense mechanisms and insects that help or hurt trees is explained. In the end, the acorn decides to hold still,
so that he can become a tree and have an exciting life.
This book is fascinating and answers all the
basic questions you could have about how trees work, but it uses scientific terms
and complex descriptions. The
illustrations are bright and attractive and help show how the trees work. These would best be used in middle school or
high school science classrooms, because I think the terms and ideas would be
too complicated for elementary readers.
C. Peterson
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