Animal Antipodes: Global Opposites

by Carly Allen-Fletcher (Author) Carly Allen-Fletcher (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
A fun science book that introduces animals and places around the world that happen to be exactly opposite each other on the globe, with pages that literally have to be turned upside-down. What is an antipode? If you dig through the earth directly below, where would you end up? Vibrant art and clear language make the science of geography, the seasons, and day and night easy to understand. The animals that live in these diverse places on earth make the science accessible and appealing to young readers. This is a book to savor and read over and over again.
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$17.99

Review quotes

Antipodes are opposite points on Earth, and this book features them through the lens of the animals that live there. Each spread features a new set of antipodes, and readers must flip the book upside down to read what's on the other side, so we go from the North Pole to the South Pole in one spread, Desert National Park in India to Easter Island on another, and so on. Every location comes with a sentence or two about the animals that live there, and there's a tiny map of Earth in the middle of each spread to help readers remain oriented. The illustrations are as colorful as they are informative. They feature neon colors and geometric shapes to a point where learning the facts on the page feels organic and fun. In addition to all the spreads of antipodes there are a few spreads that talk about things like why the way Earth rotates the way it does and how readers can find their own antipodes (spoiler alert: it's probably in an ocean!). The back endpapers feature the entire cast of animals from the book and their Latin names on what looks like graph paper, and the illustrations are done in colored pencil and ink to look a hand-drawn animal journal.— "Let's Talk Picture Books"
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781939547491
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Creston Books
Publication date
January 01, 2019
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
JNF003150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Marine Life
JNF051180 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Geography
JNF013090 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Seasons
JNF051040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Astronomy
JNF013050 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Opposites
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Picture books
Habitations
Habits and behavior

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