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Turtles are found on every continent except Antratica

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Author: Todd Sturgell

When a dung beetle follows a turtle and a host of other animals on a mission to reach Antartica, there will be surprises and laughes along the way. When my daughter laughs for scatological humor, I smirk at how the fruit does not fall too far off the tree. The author keeps emphasizing throughtout the book that his intent was to give us animal facts and not the silliness that has ensued. At one point, he even quits. Does the turtle and its friends reach Antartica and rewrite history about species found in America is the rest of the plot.

 

Except Antarctica

Giraffe Problems

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Author: Jory John . Illustrator: Lane Smith

Just this morning, I was thinking that this blog has an animal problem because I was reading and writing about too many books with animals as central characters. Along came this book. Giraffe Problems opens with a Giraffe Edward who has insecurities about this long neck. How he helps someone with his neck and realizes everyone needs to be comfortable in their own shoes is the rest of the book. I love the writing- it is simple and I love the illustrations as they are simple and expressive. Even I, who has two left hands, copied the giraffe on my daughter’s etch a sktch (fancier one than the classic) and thought it was not bad.

I am not sure what it is called but this book has one of those pages where you flip the page and you have go from landscape mode to portrait mode . I first saw it in the book Mell the Fell but is a nice addition whenever the story demands it because it changes the eyeline and makes the reading more enjoyable.

 

Giraffe Problems by Jory John

Take your time: a tale of Harriet, the Galapagos Tortoise

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Author: Eva Furrow and Donna Jo Napoli; illustrated by Laurel Molk

Perfect read for a fast hyper stimulating world we live in. Harriet, the tortoise, goes on a vey satisfying and enjoyable adventure spanning seasons. Knowing her shortcoming in speed, she shows the value in planning ahead and leaving early, which I am very bad at. So it naturally resonated with me and definitely with the five year old.