It briefly covers a broad range of mushroom biology, ecological gy and human use and would be great introduction to the world of mushrooms. Would probably work for kids who love to read those "1001 amazing facts about animals" books or whatever, but I had to pick one or two facts to try to remember and let the others go. This is an extensive 64-page nonfiction book for children that wonderfully celebrates the fungus kingdom.

This book explores the amazing and diverse world of fungi, mushrooms, mould on land and in the water. They’re every plant and animal’s teammate, when there’s a job to be done such as a “food swap” between fungus and plant, or simply some help with survival. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! This book engages children in a nonfiction topic in a thoughtful way -- the layouts on each page pair illustrations with text to tell a story about different topics around the broader subject matter.

Some are even found inside animals - helpful fungi break down food in animal guts, but others take over their hosts' bodies.

I did enjoy reading this book, although I am not super interested in informational texts as much as other books so I would probably not continue to read more of these. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Super Happy Magic Forest and the Humongous Fungus is an outstanding addition to Bookwagon’s early chapter books. Loved this little illustrated book about fungi which explores (delves into) the magical world (enchanting realm) of the forest floors and the most common organism found in them, fungi. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Inside the pages of this children’s science and nature book, you’ll discover exactly what fungi are and more! This particular title is especially noteworthy because mushrooms, fungi, and molds of various kinds are just that- widely varied, and yet ubiquitous. If it had specialized in large fungus or something—which is what I thought it would do based on the cover—it probably would have been easier to focus while I was reading it, but man, it's all over the place.