The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Billups, Carla , Cusick, Dawn

It's a Fungus Among Us: The Good, the Bad & the Downright Scary

80 pp. | Quarto/MoonDance | April, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-63322-154-3 $14.95

(3) 4-6 From puffballs to truffles, the many varieties of fungi are celebrated in conversational and enthusiastic text ("Wow!") and bright, illuminating photos, organized in sections matching the book's subtitle. The many colors, shapes, and functions of the ubiquitous and prolific kingdom of fungi are laid out in two-page spreads, each of which expands on a mycological theme. Student-friendly experiments are interspersed. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo