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Review: I’m Trying to Love Spiders

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I’m Trying to Love Spiders
by Bethany Barton
5 stars

Age Group: Kids 4 – 8 years
Other: Lexile Measure AD510

This Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee is a refreshingly hilarious nonfiction selection. The narrator is terrified of spiders and works her way – page by page- trying to learn about and appreciate them without squashing them…..UNSUCCESSFULLY!!! This wonderful selection is illustrated with comical ink and digital images which relay scientific facts in a humorous way.

 

Read-alikes

Animal Grossology by Sylvia Branzei

 

 

Review: The Zoo at the Edge of the World

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The Zoo at the Edge of the World
by Eric Kahn Gale
3.5 stars

The Zoo at the Edge of the World is an intriguing fantasy about a boy who is learning about what it means to protect the jungle. Marlin is the son of a world-famous explorer, Ronan Rackham. Rackham built a resort for the wealthy on the edge of the British Guiana jungle, and Marlin and his brother help tend to the animals. Marlin has trouble communicating with people because he stutters, but he has no problem talking to the animals in the zoo. One day, a jaguar is captured and added to the zoo’s collection of animals. He gives Marlin an amazing gift that will change his life forever.

 

Read-alikes

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Jackson Pearce

The Last Wild by Piers Torday