Just when you think someone has thought of every possible topic for a non fiction book another book/idea/topic pops up. The subtitle of this book is :
Extraordinary structures for extraordinary animals.
"All over the world people are building over, under, across, and through the places where wild animals live, and the animals are losing their homes. But now - all over the world people are also building wildlife crossings that help the animals safely travel over, under, across and through busy roadways that people have built. And these crossings are working!"
In this book you will read about: tunnels for elephants in Kenya; a bridge with 3000 trees built for pangolins in Singapore; the way the route is diverted for thousands of crabs on Christmas Island; a New Zealand tunnel for tiny Blue Penguins; safe wildlife crossings for elk in Banff; and 125 rope bridges in Costa Rica for their Titi monkeys.
Here is one of the example of crossings from Australia:
Take a closer look at this sample page. The text in this book is perfect for younger readers because each page has two, three or four lines in larger print with a brief explanation of the illustration. It is also perfect for older primary readers because each page also includes a paragraph in smaller print with more details about the crossing. The back matter fills in more details and also contains a useful further reading list.
An unusual focus on one way humans and animals can coexist in our world. Kirkus
Crossings (published in 2020) is a large format book with rich digital illustrations and yet I am happy to see it costs less than $30 so if you have a little money in your library budget this unique book is one you might want to consider.
Katy S Duffield has videos on her web site which you could use with a class. In this blog post Katy talks about the idea behind her book and her thoughts about writing expository non fiction.
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