![]() Whether she’s portraying a tiny curled eastern chipmunk or a classic funnel tornado, it’s clear that nature isn’t the only master at work. Swirl By Swirl (Spirals in Nature) Paperback Januby Joyce Sidman (Author), Beth Krommes (Illustrator) 580 ratings Editors pick Best Nonfiction for Kids See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 12.15 Other new, used and collectible from 1. ![]() This feast for thought is a visual banquet, as well: working in her signature scratchboard style and employing a gorgeous burnished palette, Krommes creates spiral-packed nature scenes that have a timeless, classic beauty. But beyond these utilitarian advantages, spirals are beautiful-whether we see in them hints of infinity, the promise of unfolding potential, or the embodiment of mathematical perfection. ![]() A spiral, Sidman decides, is nature’s elegant solution in many respects: “It fits neatly in small places” (hence the sleeping position of burrow-dwelling animals), it offers protection and strength (the defensive curl of the porcupine), and it provides firm grasps (monkey’s tail, elephant’s trunk). It is graceful and strong,” writes Newbery Honor artist Sidman (Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night), as she and Caldecott Medalist Krommes (The House in the Night) explore spirals found in nature. ![]() This is one of those rare children’s books that make you look at the physical world differently. ![]()
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