Review: The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet by David L. Harrison. Illustrated by Kate Cosgrove
Quick Info:
Book type: Picture Book
Target Age: 5-9 years old
Recommended Age: 5-9 years old
Plot: A collection of poems about animals and bugs that live under ground
Review:
This book opens up vertically which is cool but can make it a bit hard to read. It’s a cute book about bugs and critters so if you’re squeamish to them I suggest you pick a different book for your child. It was fun and educational and the poems weren’t strangely spiritual or hard to understand. Content offenses are very minor & most likely something most would not worry about but still things I want to point out just in case.
Opinion:
This is a book I would recommend for younger children as a read aloud, the vertical flap makes it very exciting for young children.
Content:
A “what if?” of a magical elevator” to take down into the earth. (just a childish magic “what if?”)
Refers to moles as “furry demons on patrol” (demon in the sense of fiend, not spiritual)
Mentions of mating & having babies in the sense of the circle of life (nothing really explicit just: “males are needed for mating” & “they start having babies”)
