I assumed that I would love this book. However, having read it on a Kindle, I'm not sure that I will. I'm hoping that the problem was the medium, not the book, which should be interesting for kids. Unfortunately, it just didn't work, visually, on my Kindle. The pages weren't working properly. I could see part of an image, part of the text, nothing in proper alignment. It was odd. I've read graphic novels on the Kindle so I don't know why this didn't work. At any rate, I would still like to see the book "in person." I have given it three stars-- simply going for the middle ground-- as I can't refrain from awarding stars and dislike the idea of giving a single star and therefore implying that the book was lacking.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Summertime sleepers is a delightful children's book about animals who estivate in the warm months of the year. This is the first book I have come across about estivationas the usual books I have come across are always about hibernation.
Each page is about a different animal or creature, and has a fact file about the animal and a page of information about how they estivate. I really enjoyed reading this and know the children I work with will find it fascinating!

I really like this book and the illustrations were lovely!

The book focussed on Estivation and animals that sleep all through the summer – most children will have heard of hibernation – but how many have heard of Estivation?

The book is well written and easy to follow and understand. The book focused on a great mix of different species too so there is also plenty to learn and it is a fun book too.

It is 5 stars from me for this one – a great idea that was well developed and is very highly recommended!

A book about the little know animals that estivate vs hibernate. I think this book is wonderfully illustrated and very informative for young and old readers alike!

This book talks about Estivation. Its the Hibernation that happens in the summer. This book does a great job at talking about numerous different animals that do this. Each animal had a page that talked about how they hibernate, for how long, and then there are pictures drawn to show how the animal does it. I would recommend this book to any classroom that talks about hibernation. It would be an added helpfulness to the topic.

The engaging illustrations and interesting information provided in this book make it an excellent choice for young readers. Using both notebook sketches and watercolor illustrations, the artwork shows how animals estivate, or sleep when it is too hot for them to be up and about. The information is clearly organized by how the animal estivates, or sleeps. For example, some insects snooze in groups, while some rest alone. The tone is friendly and inviting, and the information is interesting and clearly reveals the variety of animal adaptations. By contrasting estivation with hibernation and providing multiple examples of how animals estivate, this book promotes comprehension and processing. The author’s note, telling how she “found” the topic, researched it, selected the list format and the compare and contrast format, worked with her editor, and revised the work is very valuable. So too, is the illustrator’s note discussing how she planned the illustrations, using small sketches of animals being active and larger watercolor illustrations of them resting. An excellent example of how nonfiction involves creative choices of how to present information.

I haven't seen to many books on estivation, but this one is much needed and a real delight! Loved the animals showcased in this book. I had no idea what killifish were before this book but was astounded that they could flip themselves into logs and shut themselves down until the rains came! Who knew fish could do that? Nature is amazing. I think that this book would make a fine edition addition to a science collection ,or a wonderful gift for a child who enjoys nature! I liked the illustrations; nice details!

A book that sits in a bit of a niche perhaps too far to the side of the general primary school curriculum, but one that should be considered for school libraries certainly. Estivation, being the summertime sleeping of animals that need to avoid droughts, the heat or lack of food, is a worthy subject, and we get twelve strong examples of animals that use it here. I just wasn't perfectly on board with how they were introduced. You can get one of two feelings from the text as presented here – either that we have a short snappy introduction, scattered across all the pages, that discuss the either/or contrasts the author's research has led to, and lots of box-out styled captions that interrupt that, or a scientific look at many different critters interrupted by the on-going text that forms the titles of each spread. Either way things get interrupted – and when we turn to a concluding section to see yet more bumf about each critter you wish you had got all the data in one go for every animal in turn, and not the disjointed, ever-self-interrupting, in-two-parts approach that has been taken. The author's footnotes suggest she was aware of the issue, but to my personal mind she came down on the wrong side of that particular fence. Still, the scarcity of interest in the subject from other books for this age range, and the sterling watercoloured artworks, do mean this remains a success. Four stars, then, grudgingly given.

Really fun read aloud about animals in their habitats. Children will love the illustrations of various animals in different regions. Parents reading this to their children will also enjoy the illustrations.

The kids should find this an interesting book. We spend some time on hibernating, so they'll understand the concept. I like the way the book is organized. Having the different ways of estivating highlighted gives it the feeling of a serious science book while still being pretty easy to read.