Sanchez, Anita Karl, Get out of the Garden! Carolus
Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything. PICTURE BOOK. 47
pgs. Charlesbridge, 2017. $17.99. Content: G.
This is the picture book biography of Carolus
Linnaeus, starting with his childhood in Sweden, his growing love of the
outdoors, a kind teacher who suggested he study medicine so his parents would
be appeased and Carolus could still study plants, his decision to make an order
of the chaos of naming plants, animals, and insects, and his incredible hard
work and contribution to science. Filled with illustrations and quotes.
This is a fantastic book for an introduction on the
classification system, especially since it shows the reader how necessary its
creation was, and what a big task. An upper elementary or middle school teacher
could use this as a read-aloud before a unit. It’s a big long and complex for
lower elementary though, despite its picture book format. The illustrations are
not easily shared with a group and are sloppy and blurry, if it had better
illustrations I would rate this book as Essential.
EL, MS –ADVISABLE Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian &
Author.
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