{"product_id":"fourteen-ways-of-looking-at-jellyfish-9781536235074","title":"Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An imaginative triumph that will mesmerize readers\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith dozens of major awards between them, a revered poet and a versatile artist pool their mastery to sing the praises of an undersea wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA graceful bundle of nerves three times as ancient as the dinosaurs, the jellyfish is no fish but a spineless invertebrate without brain, heart, blood, or bones. Inside glass tanks in crowded aquariums, jellies hold visitors rapt with their slow-motion water ballet. Most of the world's nearly four thousand species emit an otherworldly light, glowing red, yellow, violet, or blue in the underwater dark. Fifty species boast deadly venom, including pink meanies with boa-like tentacles, box jellies with two-dozen eyes apiece, and deadliest of all, cubozoans the size of human thumbnails. Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford brings poetry and playfulness to natural science as she shares her fascination with a singular creature. Fourteen wildly divergent poems--by turns dramatic and serene--pulse with life. From spreads of shimmering bioluminescence to graphic panels, stylish artwork blends poetry with science and fact with folklore and myth to form the ideal introduction to the \"immortal\" and mysterious jellyfish\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carole Boston Weatherford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.50h x 9.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536235074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 4-8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford\u003c\/b\u003e is a Newbery Honoree and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author and poet and was named the 2025-2026 Young People's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. Her numerous books for children include the Coretta Scott King Author Award winner \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Tulsa Race Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; the Caldecott Honor Books\u003ci\u003e Moses: When Harriet\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTubman Led Her People to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and \u003ci\u003eVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, which was also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSchomburg: The Man Who Built a Library\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; the Newbery\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHonor Book \u003ci\u003eBOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Michele Wood; and \u003ci\u003eHow Do You Spell Unfair? MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Frank Morrison. Carole Boston Weatherford\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elives in Maryland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBagram Ibatoulline\u003c\/b\u003e has illustrated many highly acclaimed books for children, including \u003ci\u003eRunaway Pond\u003c\/i\u003e by Nancy Price Graff;\u003ci\u003e The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGreat Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, both by Kate DiCamillo; \u003ci\u003eThe Matchbox Diary\u003c\/i\u003e by Paul Fleischman; \u003ci\u003eOn the Blue Comet\u003c\/i\u003e by Rosemary Wells; and \u003ci\u003eThe Serpent Came to Gloucester\u003c\/i\u003e by M. T. Anderson. 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