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Amazing Islands: 100+ Places That Will Boggle Your Mind
Written by Sabrina Weiss & Illustrated by Kerry Hyndman
Age Level: 4-8 Years
Published June 2, 2020

Islands, islands everywhere.

Staying home again this weekend? Use your imagination and escape to one of these islands.

This book is boldly illustrated and endlessly fascinating. Did you know that there is a Japanese island where cats outnumber humans ten to one? Or that there’s an optical illusion off the coast of the island of Mauritius that makes it look like there’s a waterfall underwater? Or that there’s a Canadian island that got its start when a meteorite hit the area 214 million years ago? Believe me, I could keep going.

“Scientists wondered what was going on when they say great patches of poop on these islands in pictures taken from space. It turned out that around 1.5 million Adélie penguins are crammed onto the rocky archipelago off the tip of the Antarctic continent.”

There is so much to discover in this book about the vast number and types of islands that exist on our amazing planet. In addition to learning about the incredible diversity of plants, animals, and people that call our islands home, we are also reminded that the existence of these islands is being threatened and altered by climate change. So let’s fall in love with these 100+ islands, and then all do our part to protect them.