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amandagstevens 's review for:
The River That Flows Beside Me
by Charlotte Guillain
I would have worn this book out as a nature-loving kid who was especially into lakes, ponds, and rivers. Brimming with information my little science-loving heart would have eaten up! The text teaches new terms (levee, delta, ox-bow lake, floodplain, etc.) as well as identifying all sorts of wildlife who make their homes in and near the river. The art is really lovely, impressionistic yet accurate enough that one could identify the many duck species based on these drawings alone.
The bonus kids will love: the entire book folds out of the covers, so they can trace the course of the river without having to flip any pages! (There is of course also the option to keep the pages within the covers and read the book that way.)
I've decided in my 40s that, while I'm not a parent, there's absolutely no reason I can't collect children's books that I love. This one is going into my little collection as a nod to the "junior animal investigator" I once called myself and because it is a delight for grownups too.
The bonus kids will love: the entire book folds out of the covers, so they can trace the course of the river without having to flip any pages! (There is of course also the option to keep the pages within the covers and read the book that way.)
I've decided in my 40s that, while I'm not a parent, there's absolutely no reason I can't collect children's books that I love. This one is going into my little collection as a nod to the "junior animal investigator" I once called myself and because it is a delight for grownups too.