Recordmania: Atlas of the Incredible

Recordmania: Atlas of the Incredible | Avery and Augustine
Recordmania: Atlas of the Incredible | Avery and Augustine
Recordmania: Atlas of the Incredible | Avery and Augustine

Record highs, lows and everything in between — the smallest, biggest, lightest, heaviest, slowest, fastest, shortest, longest, quietest, loudest, coldest and hottest in the categories of dinosaurs, animals, humans, architecture, technologist, astronomy, nature and sports.

A few stats that astonished us — the tallest tree is a giant sequoia in California called “Hyperion” which measures 379.4 feet and is six hundred years old.  A jackfruit in India weighed in as the heaviest fruit ever at 66 pounds.  One of the loudest sounds in nature named “the bloop” by scientists is the enormous crashing sound that chunks of ice make when they break off a glacier.  The hottest place on earth — the Lut Desert in Iran — is “a vast, salty expanse, swept by violent winds” where the highest temperature recorded was 159.2 F.

Lots to learn and lots to marvel at in this compendium of extremes.

Recordmania: Atlas of the Incredible was written by Emmanuelle Figureras, illustrated by Sarah Tavernier and Alexandre Verhille of L’Atelier Cartographik and published by Little Gestalten.

Wonderfall

Wonderfall | Avery and Augustine
Wonderfall | Avery and Augustine
Wonderfall | Avery and Augustine
Wonderfall | Avery and Augustine

A book of word play and quick, clever poems to make you fall in love with the wonders of fall and its sublime colors, cold crisp air and crunchy leaves underfoot.  Click here and scroll through to see some other books we’re reading in the next few weeks.  Happy almost first day of October.

Wonderfall was written and illustrated by Michael Hall and published by Scholastic.

Under the Same Sky

Under the Same Sky | Avery and Augustine
Under the Same Sky | Avery and Augustine
Under the Same Sky | Avery and Augustine

Under the Same Sky is a celebration of how we share so many similar experiences, hopes and dreams, no matter what we look like or where we live.  Britta Teckentrup’s signature layered textured art and die-cuts interact with her lyrical rhyming text to create a beautiful, emotionally resonant experience for the reader.  Britta’s books are all unbelievably stunning and each speaks to a different part of the heart of a reader so that they close the book feeling something strongly — whether it be love, empathy, curiosity, an awe of the world around them,  or a reminder of the whimsy, wonder and magic of childhood.

Under the Same Sky was written and illustrated by Britta Teckentrup and published by Tiger Tales.

Megabat

Megabat | Avery and Augustine
Megabat | Avery and Augustine

When you discover a bat hiding out in the new house you’ve just moved into — and you find out he’s a talking bat — there’s no telling what might happen next.  He might drive you batty with his constant cravings for buttermelon and smooshfruit, you might find his habits and way of speaking strange and peculiar, or you might just find yourself bonding over jellyrolls and Darth Vader in the unlikeliest of friendships.

Megabat is a quirky and endearing illustrated chapter book written by Anna Humphrey, illustrated by Kass Reich and published by Tundra Books.

Everything & Everywhere: A Fact-Filled Adventure for Curious Globe-Trotters

Everything & Everywhere: A Fact-Filled Adventure for Curious Globe-Trotters | Avery and Augustine
Everything & Everywhere: A Fact-Filled Adventure for Curious Globe-Trotters | Avery and Augustine
Everything & Everywhere: A Fact-Filled Adventure for Curious Globe-Trotters | Avery and Augustine

Joy!  One of our favorite books by one of our favorite illustrators is now available stateside!  EVERYTHING & EVERYWHERE is tremendous in beauty, scope and vision.  Its pages are immersive and offer a collection of unusual facts about different places around the world.  We loved stopping in Hong Kong and experiencing all the jade and goldfish markets, the double-decker trams, the bubble tea and the dim sum carts.  In Reykjavik, we were intrigued by the northern lights, the migration of the Arctic terns and the myriad of Icelandic sauces including a mustard with a complicated name.

It is truly a book about (almost) everything, for everyone.  And I foresee it going on our gifting list this year for friends and family.  And classrooms!

Everything & Everywhere: A Fact-Filled Adventure for Curious Globe-Trotters was written and illustrated by Marc Martin and published by Chronicle Books.  It’ll be out soon on October 9.