After magnifying the beauty of unseen organisms in Tiny Creatures, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton turn their talents to the vast variety of life on Earth.
The more we study the world around us, the more living things we discover every day. The planet is full of millions of species of plants, birds, animals, and microbes, and every single one — including us — is part of a big, beautiful, complicated pattern. When humans interfere with parts of the pattern, by polluting the air and oceans, taking too much from the sea, and cutting down too many forests, animals and plants begin to disappear. What sort of world would it be if it went from having many types of living things to having just one? In a beautiful follow-up, the creators of the award-winning Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes deliver an inspiring look at the extraordinary diversity of Earth's inhabitants — and the importance of their preservation.
Nicola Davies is a zoologist and award-winning author whose many books for children include Surprising Sharks, illustrated by James Croft; Extreme Animals, illustrated by Neal Layton; and The Promise, illustrated by Laura Carlin. Nicola Davies lives in Wales.
Emily Sutton is an artist with a degree in illustration from Edinburgh College. In addition to making prints, ceramics, and textiles, she is the illustrator of The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy and Tiny Creatures by Nicola Davies. Emily Sutton lives in York, England.
After magnifying the beauty of unseen organisms in Tiny Creatures, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton turn their talents to the vast variety of life on Earth.
The more we study the world around us, the more living things we discover every day. The planet is full of millions of species of plants, birds, animals, and microbes, and every single one — including us — is part of a big, beautiful, complicated pattern. When humans interfere with parts of the pattern, by polluting the air and oceans, taking too much from the sea, and cutting down too many forests, animals and plants begin to disappear. What sort of world would it be if it went from having many types of living things to having just one? In a beautiful follow-up, the creators of the award-winning Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes deliver an inspiring look at the extraordinary diversity of Earth's inhabitants — and the importance of their preservation.
Nicola Davies is a zoologist and award-winning author whose many books for children include Surprising Sharks, illustrated by James Croft; Extreme Animals, illustrated by Neal Layton; and The Promise, illustrated by Laura Carlin. Nicola Davies lives in Wales.
Emily Sutton is an artist with a degree in illustration from Edinburgh College. In addition to making prints, ceramics, and textiles, she is the illustrator of The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy and Tiny Creatures by Nicola Davies. Emily Sutton lives in York, England.
Nicola Davies is a zoologist and award-winning author whose
many books for children include Surprising Sharks, illustrated by
James Croft; Extreme Animals, illustrated by Neal Layton; and The
Promise, illustrated by Laura Carlin. Nicola Davies lives in
Wales.
Emily Sutton is an artist with a degree in illustration from
Edinburgh College. In addition to making prints, ceramics, and
textiles, she is the illustrator of The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia
Huddy and Tiny Creatures by Nicola Davies. Emily Sutton lives in
York, England.
Davies has a keen sense of how to represent science for beginners.
Sentences as sensible and jargon-free as “Sometimes, things that
look different are really the same…and things that look the same
are really different” contain deep mathematical and biological
concepts that include ecosystems and interdependence, relative
quantities, biomes, food webs, and the classification of living
things.
—The Horn Book (starred review)
Writer and zoologist Davies celebrates the "big, beautiful,
complicated pattern" that is life on Earth...A pair of spreads show
first a lushly populated rain forest and then the same area with
some trees cut down and animals leaving; the third in the sequence
shows a museum exhibit of extinct species. We can't survive as one.
A sobering message presented gloriously.
—Kirkus Reviews
With a streamlined narrative and intricate, folk-art images evoking
Mary Blair–illustrated Golden Books, Davies and Sutton, the team
behind Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes, sound an alarm about
species extinction...this early entrée into environmental
interconnectedness and stewardship should launch plenty of
discussion.
—Publishers Weekly
Jam-packed watercolor illustrations fill most pages of this picture
book that details the diversity of plants and animals around the
earth...This book would supplement curriculum about the
environment, and could be used as an activity book for
preschoolers.
—School Library Connection Online
Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth is especially appropriate for
young children and offers numerous possibilities for learning about
colorful plants and animals...it is sure to be enjoyed by nature
lovers of all ages.
—BookPage
A call to all young children to notice the rich diversity of life,
its interconnectedness, and humanity’s role in its
devolution...Gravity, hope, and joy are all intertwined in Davies’s
and Sutton’s presentation. The quality of the watercolors and text
make this an appealing choice for large libraries that serve young
children.
—School Library Journal
Living things form a pattern that is ‘big, beautiful, complicated,’
writes Nicola Davies in ‘Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth’
(Candlewick, 40 pages, $15.99), a picture-book appreciation of the
natural world for children ages 3-6.
—The Wall Street Journal
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