This utterly unique book for kids 4 to 8 explores super-small creatures with astounding abilities through rhyming and comic-style spreads.
Did you know that some of the smallest creatures on Earth have real-life superpowers?
The minute oribatid mite can lift more than 1,000 times its own weight. A tiny type of salamander (called an axolotl) can regrow body parts. And the almost microscopic tardigrade? It can survive practically anywhere, even in outer space! Acclaimed author Tiffany Stone combines comic panels and zany rhymes to share incredible facts about our world’s miniature marvels, while illustrator Ashley Spires’ cartoon-style illustrations make these itty-bitty superheroes (and supervillains) pop from the page.
From glow-in-the-dark sharks to immortal jellyfish and tiny cats with lethal aim, Super Small shows readers that just because you are small, it doesn’t mean you aren’t super―and sometimes being small can be super in and of itself.---from the publisher
36 pages 978-1771646567 Ages 4-8
Keywords: size, rhyme, information, self image, self esteem, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old
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A type of seahorse so good at camouflage that scientists only discovered them by accident when they brought some coral into a lab to study. A jellyfish that can reboot its life cycle. A hummingbird that can fly upside down. What do all of these astounding creatures have in common? They are super small. And they way they are illustrated by the awesome Ashley Spires (The Most Magnificent Thing, Binky the Space Cat, etc.), they are also super cute.
Poetic descriptions of each amazing creature are accompanied by a large scale illustration, then smaller side panels offer a discussion of the super power it possesses. Readers will learn that tardigrades can survive extreme conditions and an Etruscan shrew can eat more than its own body weight in a day. Settings range from hydrothermal vents deep on the ocean floor to the savannahs of Africa and everything in between.
Captivating illustrations work with the multiple layers of text to pull readers in and entice their curiosity. The humor of an axolotl pulling off its own arm to lend a hand to a friend is just one example of why kids will find this book appealing. A sure hit for young readers who are always asking for more books on animals.
Due for publication on April 11. I read an advance copy provided by the publisher for review purposes.---from the publisher
Recommended by: Suzanne Costner, Teacher Librarian, Tennessee USA
See more of her reviews: https://fveslibrary.blogspot.com/2023/02/winter-reading
