(3) K-3 Illustrated by Mia Posada. Gorgeous cut-paper collages with watercolor illustrate this poetic celebration of plant tropisms. A spare, repetitive text explains how and why plants move--"searching for the things that all plants need: water, sunshine, and room to grow." The "More About Plants" appendix offers facts about each plant depicted; an author's note mentions Hirsch's sources and inspiration. Reading list, websites. Glos.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Mia Posada. The bar-tailed godwit is a shorebird with residences in Alaska and New Zealand. Brief text conveys information about godwit behaviors as they learn to fly, forage, and eat the enormous amount of food needed to fuel the journey. Creative paper-collage illustrations capture the fuzzy down of newborn chicks and the starry nights of flying. A list of resources is provided.

Reviewer: Devon Johnson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2013

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Mia Posada. A second-person text ("You jut out your long toothy lip...") and collage-like illustrations take readers through a dragonfly's stages of growth from egg to nymph to adult. The presentation is effective, but the text tries too hard to be lyrical and the refrain--"Hello, growing dragonfly nymph!" "Hello, hungry dragonfly!"--quickly becomes tiresome. Back matter provides more information about the subject.

Reviewer: Becky Levine