The Horn Book Guide

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Wignell, Edel

Bilby: Secrets of an Australian Marsupial

24 pp. | Candlewick | January, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6759-7 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Mark Jackson. With charm and appreciation for their full range of behaviors, Wignell conveys information about bilbies through the perspective of a growing baby bilby and the nocturnal movements of its mother as she forages for food in an Australian desert filled with predators and danger. Jackson's impressionistic brushstrokes and contrasting colors of the blue-tinged bilbies in the oranges of Australia emphasize their darting and twitching movements. Ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2015