  | Eat your rocks, Croc! : Dr. Glider's advice for troubled animals Author: Keating, Jess | |
| Price: $22.58 | ||
Summary:
Dr. Sugar Glider, a small Australian possum, travels around the world (even underwater) dispensing good advice to animals with problems, including a crocodile with a stomach ache, a stressed out meerkat mom, and a male praying mantis looking for a date--while avoiding being eaten.
| Illustrator: | Oswald, Pete |
Download a Teacher's Guide| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 4.00 Points: .5 Quiz: 510105 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (02/15/20)
School Library Journal (00/03/20)
Booklist (04/01/20)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 03/01/2020 Gr 1–3—This nonfiction catalog of animal facts is formatted as an advice column for animals penned by a sugar glider named Dr. Glider. Each spread covers a different species and features its own color palette, but "letters" to Glider are always green. The facts are interesting and unusual; they are also fairly random and interspersed with anthropomorphic traits such as a yoga-practicing owl and utensil-using crustaceans. Glider, who can effortlessly operate a submarine, can also travel from Kenya to Sweden to the South China Sea to Western Europe without a hitch. The narrator and advice seekers use informal, flippant slang, while informational captions use scientific language. Some of the vocabulary words are far beyond the first through third grade level at which this book is aimed. A glossary is included, but the book's haphazard arrangement discourages its use as a reference source for older readers. VERDICT An interesting enough find, but a poor resource.—Sheri Reda, Wilmette Public Library, IL - Copyright 2020 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 04/01/2020 Don’t worry, ailing animals—Dr. Glider is here to help! The diminutive physician, a darling sugar glider, cheerfully assists her patients with all of their questions and concerns. Her charges vary wildly in form and location, ranging from an exhausted Hawaiian frigate bird to an anxious meerkat in Botswana. Each spread involves a humorous exchange between patient and physician, but the lighthearted dialogue is accompanied by side panels that explain the situation in more scientific detail. Helpful back matter includes a glossary, a review of all the patients, and a delightful biography of the esteemed doctor (it turns out she’s an Oxford graduate—the only sugar glider with such a title!). The story fits in a lot of information, but text boxes and word bubbles break it up into digestible tidbits. The detailed illustrations, rendered in a bright gouache texture, add a lovely levity to the proceedings. Altogether, this succeeds in striking a balance between silliness and science, and readers of all ages won’t be able to help coming away with both smiles and smarts. - Copyright 2020 Booklist.
