Pub Date: August 21, 2018
Dewey: 582.16
LCCN: 2017946156
Lexile Code: 0710
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 09 to 13
Physical Info: 0.30" H x 8.40" L x 5.80" W ( 0.57 lbs) 128 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics and Graphic Novels | Science and Nature | Trees and Forests
Series: Science Comics
Description: Readers follow an acorn as it learns about its future as Earth's largest, longest-living plant. Starting with the seed's germination, this comic reveals each stage until the tree's maturation, different types of trees, and the roles trees take on in our ecosystem.
Brief description: Andy Hirsch is a cartoonist living in Dallas, Texas. A frequent contributor to First Second's hit Science Comics and History Comics series, he writes and illustrates graphic nonfiction covering everything from dogs to spaceflight, including dogs in spaceflight.
Review Quotes:
Praise for the Science Comics series:
"This series--written by a handful of authors--seems determined to offer a useful introduction to anything a curious grade-school student might wonder about. The insight behind these books is a powerful one. So much information about the world around us is actually better conveyed visually, through charts, illustrations, and sequential panels, than purely using words." --New York Times "Like having a Time Life Science Library in comic books. Which is awesome!" --Popular Science Praise for Science Comics: Trees: A 2018 Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth Selection "Trees are amazing plants--they even communicate with each other, thanks to a vast network of fungi that link forests together--and Hirsch's playful, enthusiastic tone makes that unmistakeably clear." --Booklist, starred review "Another winner in the series, this title is an excellent addition to most libraries.-School Library Journal, starred review