Fleming, Candace.
GIANT SQUID
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2016
IL K-3, RL 3.2
ISBN 978-1-59643-599-5

This gorgeously illustrated book gives readers tantalizing views of the seldom seen Giant Squid. Fleming’s engaging text describes tentacles covered with “suckers ringed with saw-like teeth,” a mouth with a “bone-hard and parrot like beak,” and the “sharp, tiny blades” on the tongues of these mysterious creatures. A gatefold underscores the size of the squid, while the dark tones of the illustrations emphasize it habitat deep in the ocean. The back matter supplies additional information about what is known, and not known, about these creatures who have not 1, not 2, but 3 hearts pumping blue blood through their huge (up to 43 foot long) bodies.  GARDEN STATE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS, 2019