(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jonny Lambert. The story of a single dragonfly from egg to adult is featured in the main text, while a parallel text rounds out the scientific facts. Colorful collage-like illustrations portray each stage in the dragonfly life cycle: pond-side as eggs are laid, under water as a nymph, then up into the air as an adult.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jonny Lambert. This illustrated life cycle of a walking stick introduces the insect's "tricks," such as camouflage and limb regeneration. In addition to the read-aloud-perfect main narrative (onomatopoeic phrases and the titular refrain are sprinkled throughout in a large font), blurbs on each spread provide more in-depth scientific explanations for budding entomologists. Pattern-rich full-spread illustrations extend the text and provide visual cues for new readers.

Reviewer: Lana Barnes

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jonny Lambert. Each of eleven creatures describes its particularities (e.g., "I look just like an elephant / with fur and tusks so elegant"), but all conclude with a chastening "I am not a dinosaur!" (The non-elephant is a woolly mammoth.) While enjoying the tight riddle-rhymes and cut-paper art imbuing each creature with personality, readers may not realize they're learning something. More about the creatures is appended. Timeline.

Reviewer: Nell Beram