6/12/2023 0 Comments Ordinary Girls by Blair ThornburghReaders who have never thought of it before will agree: “Take care of your skull, because you only get one.” (Informational picture book. Still, any initial startlement should soon give way to a willingness to echo the author’s “ I love my skull!” A page of “Cool Skull Facts!” opposite a final, fairly anatomically correct image gives this good odds of becoming a STEM and storytime favorite. Assurances notwithstanding, they tend to undermine that last claim-at least at first. Campbell’s cartoon illustrations feature racially diverse humans, animals, or crowds whose heads switch back and forth between smiling flesh and X-ray views with the turn of a page. Even without noses (which are “more of a cartilage thing”), skulls also give faces a good shape and, despite what some people think, really aren’t trying to be scary. Thornburgh urges readers to appreciate their skulls, which are not only “safe and snug, like a car seat for your brain,” but come with convenient holes for seeing, hearing, and chowing down on grilled-cheese sandwiches. A celebration of that thing everyone has to hold eyes, nose, and teeth in place.
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