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Mosco, Rosemary

Expedition Backyard: Exploring Nature from Country to City

128 pp. | Random/RH Graphic | June, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-0-593-12734-6 $12.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-593-12735-3 $15.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-593-12736-0 $7.99
(2) 1-3 Illustrated by Binglin Hu. Color design by Ashanti Fortson. Country dwellers Mole and Vole are the stars of this engaging and enjoyable nature-themed graphic novel told in five chapters, or "expeditions." "Expedition #1: Forest Adventure" introduces readers to the creatures' natural environs and their primary character traits (Mole = excitable; Vole = more cautious). "Expedition #2: House Adventure" brings them inside a nearby cabin where they are mistakenly packed into moving boxes. They arrive (unbeknownst to the humans) in a city where the rest of the expeditions take place. With some trepidation, but with appetites for adventure, Mole and Vole set out at various times throughout the day and night. They encounter such familiar city creatures as pigeons, raccoons, and opossums, along with others such as a black-crowned night heron, a DeKay's brown snake, and many more examples of flora and fauna, all identified in clear illustrations with eye-pleasing earth-tone hues and including occasional, informative entries from Mole's sketchbook. Throughout, Vole insists on having seen a lion, a narrative thread that offers in-the-know humor for readers and ties in with a theme of new friendships--for animals and humans alike.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2022

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