The Tinaja Tonight (Imagine This!)

by Aimée M Bissonette (Author) Syd Weiler (Illustrator)

The Tinaja Tonight (Imagine This!)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Imagine This!
Dry. Dusty. Hot. Suddenly, the water comes; then so do the animals--javelina and jackrabbits, coyotes and mountain lions. They warily share the watering hole. Strong graphic art and rhythmic text packed with interesting facts to capture imaginations.
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School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 3--Bissonette crafts a factual, engaging narrative in this nonfiction picture book about tinajas. Tinajas, which are found in deserts, are "formed by a natural hollow in the rock where rainwater or melting snow collects." Factual information is featured throughout the narrative. Readers get a well-developed introduction to the desert and its inhabitants, and the author's note and resources provide additional information. Weiler's illustrations are reminiscent of lithograph-style vintage posters from the last century, and the soft layers and sunset palette used throughout the book lend an ethereal quality to each page. This book could be a good read-aloud and would work just as well at bedtime as in the classroom. The text has a gentle flow, and the illustrations capture the purples and blues of twilight. VERDICT Purchase this title, which is also an appealing read-aloud, for collections focusing on ecosystems and environmental science.--Jen McConnel, Queen's Univ., Ont.

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Bissonette's poetic narrative, sprinkled with alliteration, leads readers seamlessly from one desert denizen to another...Clarifying information bites regarding each featured element or animal accompanies the text...this exploration of water's vital presence in an arid environment is sure to please. —Kirkus Reviews

Aimée M Bissonette
AIMÉE M. BISSONETTE is the author of three picture books, North Woods Girl, Miss Colfax's Light, and Aim for the Skies: Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith's Race to Complete Amelia Earhart's Quest. North Woods Girl won the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, Midwest Booksellers Choice Award, and Friends of American Writers Award. Miss Colfax's Light was named in ALA's 2017 Amelia Bloomer List and was a recipient of the 2017 International Literacy Association Children's Book Award for Primary Nonfiction.

ERIN HOURIGAN is an illustrator and author in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Southern California, and studied illustration at Cal State Fullerton before moving to Oregon, where she learned to trade the waves for pine trees and rivers. She draws much of her inspiration from the world around her and loves spending time outdoors, whether it's on a hike or just playing with her dog, Scout.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780807579497
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication date
September 01, 2020
Series
Imagine This!
BISAC categories
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
JNF003320 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Nocturnal
Library of Congress categories
Desert animals
Desert ecology

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