Book description
What makes the tiny snail shell so beautiful? Why does that shape occur in nature over and over again - in rushing rivers, in a flower bud, even inside your ear? With simplicity and grace, Krommes and Sidman not only reveal the many spirals in nature - from fiddleheads to…
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1 author picked Swirl by Swirl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book holds a special place in my heart because it was one of the first that opened my eyes to the potential of nonfiction children’s writing as an elevated literary art form. In simple, beautiful language, Newberry Honor-winning poet Joyce Sidman explores the concept of the spiral shape and how and why it occurs across so many natural forms.
From a ram’s horn to a fiddlehead fern to a powerful storm, spirals are beautiful, efficient, and strong. I love how this book changes how readers look at the world—it’s hard not to notice spirals all around you after putting…
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