Book description
NPR's "All Things Considered," calls Queer Ducks "teenager-friendly. It's a Printz Honor young adult book filled with comics and humor and accessible science, and it's filled with research on the diversity of sexual behavior in the animal world."
This groundbreaking illustrated YA nonfiction title from two-time National Book Award finalistā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked Queer Ducks (and Other Animals) as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
As much as I love learning about things, I sometimes struggle when reading nonfiction. The topic might be fascinating to me, but dense blocks of text (or audio) make me tune out.Ā That never happened with this book, though!Ā Short, snappy chapters written in a conversational voice made me want to keep reading.
I loved the āInterludesā (side-note chapters) and the Q&A chapters with various experts in the field.Ā Jules Zuckerbergās illustrations and comic strips add humor to the text, and Eliot Schreferās well-researched book also includes extensive back matter with book lists, glossary, and notes.
For me, this bookā¦
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