VERDICT Despite the annoying trend in juvenile nonfiction literature of excluding sources, the lack of documentation here does not hinder the value of such a well-organized, clearly written, and delightfully illustrated work. Cluster on branches of tall family trees.' The text is mellifluous, and the inclusion of a fast fact in small script does not distract from the whole: 'This monarch butterfly flies south in fall to mate and lay eggs in spring.' The back matter, written at a fifth-grade level, describes each of the animals and their methods of surviving their climate. On one spread, two monarch butterflies sail through the landscape toward their group clustered in trees: 'Float like a kite on a sweet, nectar breeze. Bear, butterfly, chipmunk, fox, frog, hummingbird, moose, mouse, snake, whale, worm, and even people show their accommodations. Gévry's soft pastel illustrations combine with Salas's rhyming text, depicting the wildlife in two-page spreads. What animals do to survive winter weather is divided into four categories: migration, hibernation, toleration, or a combination of these actions. Primary grade teachers may find this picture book a useful read-aloud choice to supplement units on animals in winter. Within the pastel artwork, rounded forms, soft edges, and warm colors create an endearing look. In the illustrated main section of the book, the arrangement of featured animals and their winter strategies seems somewhat random, but the back matter reveals the overall organization in paragraphs of text that explain the three main survival strategies (migrate, hibernate, tolerate) and discuss the four examples of each. In smaller type, a sentence provides a fact or two about the animal pictured, while most of the information appears in the well structured back matter aimed at older readers. Cluster on branches of tall family trees.' The verse text maintains a consistently cheerful tone. Text for the monarch butterfly spread reads, 'Float like a kite on a sweet, nectar breeze. In large type, rhymed couplets offer brief, sometimes cryptic comments on each double-page spread. How do animals prepare for winter? Salas offers 12 examples in a picture book with three kinds of text. Pair with Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen's Winter Bees (2014). Each page includes two levels of text, and there's further information in the extensive backmatter. The animals in the soft pastel illustrations are recognizable, more cuddly than realistic, and quite appealing their habitats are stylized. Mice store food and travel in tunnels under the snow moose grow a warmer kind of fur the red fox dives into the snow to catch small mammals (like those mice) and humans put on warm clothes and play. Those who can tolerate the winter still change behavior. ![]() Without using technical words, she introduces four forms of hibernation-chipmunks nap and snack bears mainly sleep Northern wood frogs become an 'icy pop, ' frozen until spring and normally solitary garter snakes snuggle together in huge masses. She describes two types of migration: Hummingbirds and monarchs fly, and blue whales travel to the warmth of the south earthworms burrow deeper into the earth. Spread by spread she introduces her examples, preparing in fall and surviving in winter. The author's long experience in imparting information to young readers is evident in her selection of familiar animals and in her presentation. With smooth rhymes and jaunty illustrations, Salas and Gévry introduce three strategies animals use for coping with winter cold. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Īnimal behaviors change as they prepare to face the winter. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. ![]() If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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