The Superpowered Field Guides
Illustrated by Nicholas John Firth
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A full-colour look at the most unsuspecting of animal heroes, perfect for readers who like their facts served with a large dose of humour.
BEAVERS
2018 | Junior Library Guild Selection
ALA Notable Book
Yellow Cedar Nominee, OLA
Humorous and engaging, Beavers is the first book in the new highly illustrated nonfiction Superpower Field Guide series, inspiring readers to laugh, think, and view the world around them with new eyes.
REVIEWS:
"“Beavers . . . turns out to be the most inventive, fun, and downright delightful science title I’ve had the pleasure to read in a long time.”
— School Library Journal
"Eager beavers who likewise find these redoubtable rodents 'utterly gobsmackable!' will find a chewy array of print and web resources to sink their teeth into at the end." — Booklist, STARRED review
“Poliquin and Frith have created a nonfiction page-turner in this fascinating guide to Castor canadensis.” — Kirkus
Moles
2019 | Junior Library Guild Selection
Cybils Awards Finalist
CCBC Best of the Year
Funny and fact-filled, MOLES is another instalment in the SUPERPOWER FIELD GUIDES series by author Rachel Poliquin, featuring full-colour illustrations by Nicholas John Frith that will engage readers with witty narration and fun visual elements, inspiring readers to dig deep and see the world, both above and below ground, with new eyes.
REVIEWS:
"Exuberant....Readers will never again regard these 'bionic burrowers' as pests—or, at least, not as ordinary ones."—Booklist, STARRED review
"Following series opener Beavers (2018), another field guide and another nuanced look at an underappreciated species.... [C]ombining a bit of snark with a lot of information.... Pick up a copy." —Kirkus
Ostriches
2019 | Junior Library Guild Selection
This third installment in the hilarious and highly illustrated full-color Superpower Field Guide series features the silly-looking, surprisingly fierce ostrich. This two-toed torpedo may have the largest eyes of any animal on dry land, can outrun most horses, and has toe-claws of death!
REVIEWS:
"[F]act-filled and entertaining text. . . .Kids will effortlessly absorb lessons about ostriches and ecosystems"—Booklist, STARRED review
Eels
2020 | Longlisted for 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
This fourth instalment features Olenka, an ordinary eel. Olenka may be slimy, wiggly, and the colour of mud, but never, ever underestimate an eel. Olenka’s superpowers include double invisibility, shape-shifting, and a slimtetastic safety shield.
REVIEWS:
[P]acked with genuinely fascinating and almost unbelievable information. . . . this book is engaging, knowledgeable, and worthy of a reader's attention."—School Library Journal
