True, true, and true…three anacrostic book reviews!

Today’s reviews are in the form of anacrostics! Tiny peeks into cool books.

All three of these strikingly-illustrated nonfiction reads are well-worth checking out for slightly older-than-usual picture book readers. 

The Egg, written and illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
published in 2017 by Prestel

Tantalizing
Heaps of
Eclectic

Egg/Bird/Nest
Glories.
Gorgeous!

(recommended for ages 5 through adult)

The Strongest Man in the World: The Legend of Louis Cyr, written by Lucie Papineau, illustrated by Caroline Hamel, translated from the French by MaryChris Bradley
published in 2016 by Auzou

Talk about
Historic
Exceptionalism!

Seventeen children.
Tiny Quebecois village.
Robust
Outdoor chores
Nurtured
Ginormous,
Epic
Strength.
Tree-felling?

Matchless
Arm-wrestling?
No

Incapability
Nixed

These
Herculearn
Expositions.

Wow!
Outsized
Records by
Louis
Dazzle!

(recommended for ages 5 and up)

The Quest for Z: The True Story of Explorer Percy Fawcett and a Lost City in the Amazon, written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
published in 2017 by Viking/Penguin

Trekking through
Hazardous
Environments!

Quests for
Unusual
Empires!
Sizzling
Tales of

Fatal
Outings.
Rare degrees of

Zealousness.

(recommended for ages 9 and older)

Hope you find your way to one or more of these brilliant nonfiction titles!