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Thornburgh, Blair

Skulls!

40 pp. | Atheneum | July, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5344-1400-6 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5344-1401-3

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Scott Campbell. A girl with puffball pigtails contentedly chomps on an apple amid a quirky crowd. The next spread repeats the tableau--but with all the faces (except the girl's) shown as skulls. With snappy writing Thornburgh describes a skull's importance (it's "a car seat for your brain") and its functions, while Campbell packs plenty of humor into his muted watercolors. "Cool Skull Facts" are appended.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2019