But amid all the knowledge, this year’s books leave ample room for fun. Seuss’s Horse Museum delves deep into art history. Millie Marotta’s A Wild Child’s Guide to Endangered Animals invites young readers into a zoo filled with rare yellow-eye penguins, Gobi bears and giant anteaters. It’s no wonder, then, that my favorite children’s books of this year are those that deliver a smattering of trivia and inspire a sense of awe in the world around us. Did you know the Paris Aquarium has taken in more than 1,000 unwanted goldfish? Or that scientists are using eggshells to actually grow bones? There is a chapel located inside a volcano in Spain! For me, as an editor at Smithsonian, the fun factoids come easily. At dinner, our family shares something new we learned. I am a mother of two young girls, so I am always playing to their sense of wonder. Our readers have a boundless curiosity-and so do my children.
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