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Animals!: Here We Grow

by Shelley Rotner
Holiday House. Mar. 2021. 40p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780823448289.
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PreS-Gr 1–Told in a series of short sentences and photographs, this book covers different animals (among them rabbits, horses, dogs, cats, and humans) and the stories of their maturation: “egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. Egg to tadpole to frog.” There are three to five photographs for each animal, which take up the majority of the page. Only a small portion at the bottom remains white, where the words are written in various colors. Toward the end of the book, there is an explanation of what a life cycle is. A glossary and details about each creature appear in the back matter.
VERDICT An additional purchase for libraries where young readers need simple books on the growth of animals.
Reviewed by Tracy Cronce , Jan 28, 2022

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