![]() ![]() ![]() One early spread focuses on construction, showing a gender- and racially diverse human team and several big machines-drawing in readers and listeners more interested in equipment than animals. There’s a two-level text, a simple sentence in a large font stating animal, crossing technology, and location, the smaller paragraphs providing further information about planning, specialized building, and uses. Clean, crisp illustrations on double-page spreads show well, making this a good choice for a group read-aloud. ![]() Elephants, pangolins, red crabs, koalas, squirrel gliders, and blue penguins come from the Eastern Hemisphere elk, black bears, spotted salamanders, coyotes, panthers, and titi monkeys from the Western. A particularly nice touch is the map at the end, a shadowy map of continents with each animal appropriately placed and a few more facts about their situations. Duffield provides 12 examples of animal passages built for regular use or seasonal migration. ![]() Overpasses, underpasses, even rope bridges are the focus of this intriguing informational picture book. All over the world, humans build crossings to allow wildlife to pass freely over, under, across, and through busy highways. ![]()
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