Benjamin’s Blue Feet


Benjamin is a young Blue-footed Booby on a journey of self- acceptance. This delightfully illustrated debut picture book by Sue Macartney is full of humour and word play. It addresses body image, self-awareness, and belonging, while introducing young readers to the creatures of the Galapagos Islands and the impacts of plastic waste on our


oceans and wildlife. Don’t miss the end pages that high- light some Galapagos wildlife and include a side note about trash in the ocean and the importance of protecting our oceans and beaches. – (AS)


Pajama Press, 2020; ISBN-13:978-1-77278-111-3 (hb); 32 pp; CAN $22.95 from www.pajamapress.ca


Nature at Night Glow Down Deep


Who wouldn’t like to read a book that glows in the dark?? Reading Nature at Night and its companion book Things that Glow Down Deep: Amazing Creatures that Light Up was a fun experience! These books are a nice size, with larger-than- life, real-life images, giving the reader (best for ages 8 and up) a new appreciation for things that can “light up” or “glow down


deep”. Nature at Night focuses more on the forest, jungle, and ocean to find organisms that use luminescence for camouflage, mating, attracting prey, or keeping predators away. Glow Down Deep looks at sea creatures in the depths of the ocean and how they use their lights to help them survive. I also like the “Did you know?” feature on each page of the book that shares unusual facts and photographs; the glossary helps with some of the more scientific words. – (SW)


Firefly Books, 2020; ISBN 978-0-2281-0254-0 (pb); 49 pp; US $12.95 from www.fireflybooks.com


Firefly Books, 2020; ISBN 978-0-2281-0252-6 (pb); 49 pp; US $12.95 from www.fireflybooks.com


Big Blue Forever


Hanging at the UBC Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a skeleton of the largest animal on Earth. Anita Mieutte- nen tells the story of this Blue Whale skeleton, its initial


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discovery in PEI, how scien- tists had it buried, its uncover- ing 20 years later, and how it was prepared for permanent display. The fascinating pro- cesses involved in having it transported 6,000 km from PEI to BC as well as its preparation and assemblage are extensively explained. Suitable for elemen- tary and middle school readers,


this is a hybrid of storytelling, creative non-fiction, expo- sition using photos and illustrations, history, biographies, and whale facts. Subtitled The Story of Canada’s Largest Blue Whale Skeleton. – (AS)


30Red Deer Press Inc., 2017; ISBN-978-0-88995-542-4 (hb); 64 pp; CAN $24.95 from www.reddeerpress.com


Antifreeze, Leaf Costumes, and Other Fabulous Fish Adaptations


Stink Fights, Earwax, and Other Marvelous Mammal Adaptations


There comes a time as an adult when you can pick up some children’s books and enjoy learning something NEW! The two books Anti- freeze, Leaf Costumes, and Other Fabulous Fish Adapta- tions and Stink Fights, Ear- wax, and Other Marvelous Mammal Adaptations both taught me something! (I did


not know, for example, that Blackspot Tuskfish use tools to get their meals or that whales have earwax that actu- ally helps them hear.) The author Laura Perdew does a wonderful job keeping the facts about adaptations simple but still scientific. The Illustrator Katie Mazeika does a fabulous job of providing big, bright colors to help get the message across. I also appreciated the glossary and “Activity Time” pages in the back of the book that help reinforce the topics that were covered. These two books are from a set of five in the Pic- ture Book Science Series (for ages 5–8) that explore some amazing and unexpected tales of unique species adaptations. – (SW)


Nomad Press, 2020; ISBN 978-1-61930-956-2 (pb); 29 pp; US $9.95 from www.nomadpress.com


Nomad Press, 2020; ISBN 978-1-61930-960-9 (pb); 29 pp; US $9.95 from www.nomadpress.com


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