The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Sidman, Joyce

Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors

40 pp. | Houghton | April, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-71719-4 $17.00

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Beckie Prange. As Sidman points out, "99 percent of all species that have ever existed are now extinct." In her fourteen poems, the survivors range from bacteria to us, from ancient (mollusks) to newcomers (crows). The pieces vary in tone and form; facts are supplemented in prose. In the entrancing illustrations, Prange's bold linocuts are drenched in vivid watercolor. Timeline, websites. Glos.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2010