The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Jenkins, Steve , Page, Robin

Flying Frogs and Walking Fish

40 pp. | Houghton | May, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-63090-1 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Steve Jenkins. A clear, informative text emphasizes three key scientific concepts about locomotion: the act of movement, body parts employed, and purposes for moving. Each form of locomotion is introduced with a spread featuring an oddity, such as a walking octopus, shown in Jenkins's vivid, trademark torn- and cut-paper collage illustrations. A second spread about the same topic includes additional animals (in smaller illustrations). End papers feature more facts.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2016