If you love non-fiction, have I got the author for you! Gail Gibbons! She has written dozens of books on all kinds of topics: holidays, animals, jobs, and more. Her pages are colorful, include helpful diagrams, detail the background, and then fill us in on the present status of the subject. If there is a fancy vocabulary word in the book, she finds a clever way to teach it to you.
I read Groundhog Day! this week. Having grown up in Pennsylvania, I was familiar with Punxatawny Phil, but never knew the history of the holiday. I then was able to learn more about the creature itself, its home, its naughty habits, and how it adapts to its northern environment.
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