This Book Is Full of Holes: From Underground to Outer Space and Everywhere in Between -- Nora Nickum, Hardcover

This book is chock full of holes--shallow and miles deep, microscopic and visible from space, human-caused and natural, mysterious and maddeningly familiar.

When you think of holes, what comes to mind? Maybe the irritating hole in your sock. Or the hole on the shelf where you plucked out this book. But did you know there are holes that suddenly devour entire gas stations? Big holes in the ocean that are visible from space? Small holes in balls that prevent a backyard home run?

A hole is a part of something where there's nothing at all. Holes are investigated by scientists, used by artists, designed by engineers, and fixed by problem-solvers.

They can be natural or human-made, big or small, plentiful or scarce, mysterious or painfully familiar. Many are important to our everyday lives, whether we give them credit or not.

Author: Nora Nickum
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Published: 03/26/2024
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 10.05h x 10.33w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9781682636008
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2024
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2024
Booklist 02/15/2024 pg. 42
School Library Journal 03/01/2024 pg. 99

About the Author
Nora Nickum leads conservation policy work for the Seattle Aquarium and writes articles and books for children about STEM and nature topics, including Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.

Robert Meganck is the illustrator of several illustrated middle grade collections of science poetry and professor emeritus of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned a BFA from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, and a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He has received more than 300 regional, national, and international awards for his illustration and graphic design work