Friday, June 12, 2015

Picture Book of the Day: Daylight Starlight Wildlife

Daylight Starlight Wildlife, written and illustrated by Wendell Minor.  The consistently excellent Minor specializes in books about nature and animals.  His latest introduces young readers to creatures who come out during the day, and others who frolic at night.  In each artfully rendered realistic spread, he skillfully juxtaposes the antics of the daylight animals with a nocturnal counterpart.  The concise yet action-packed text gives a lot of information with very few words.  One spread, for example, shows a cottontail rabbit and her kits as "they hop into the field and hold still all is safe" on the left hand of the page while, on the right, a "pink-nosed opossum plods through the field and forages for food with her family on her back."  A variety of animals--winged and otherwise--appear.  The informative back matter offers a bunch of "Fun Facts" about each animal introduced.  A beautiful book that presents its nature lessons with skill and grace.

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