The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Saxby, Claire

Emu

32 pp. | Candlewick | April, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7479-3 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Graham Byrne. The life cycle and habits of emus are told through the story of a male emu raising his young in an Australian eucalyptus forest (female emus depart after egg-laying). Spiky digital illustrations perfectly display the birds' hairlike feathering, their awkward-looking flightless movement, and the landscape's rough textures. On each spread, additional statistics and facts about emus accompany the main narrative. Ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2015