Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Elephant Scientist
Caitlin O'Connell · 2011
88/100
👍 Worth It
Caitlin O'Connell is the real deal — a working field scientist writing about her own discovery — and the photographs make Namibia feel immediate and alive. The seismic communication angle is genuinely fascinating science that most adults do not know either, which means it reads up as well as down. Two Sibert-level honors are not handed out lightly; this one earns them.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety98
substance90
craft88
originality85
accuracy95
hype70
age-fit85
human-eye90
Penny’s verdict88
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