Après des études en psychologie et en éthologie, Fleur Daugey a consacré le début de sa carrière à plusieurs ONG de conservation de la nature avant de se tourner vers l’écriture et le journalisme. Son inspiration lui vient principalement des êtres qui peuplent la nature : animaux, plantes et parfois l’être humain.
Fleur Daugey a reçu le prix Amerigo Vespucci jeunesse 2015 pour son album Oiseaux Globe-Trotters publié aux éditions Actes Sud junior.
Mom's Review I absolutely loved Pop-Up Volcano. It's visually stunning – the neon orange stands out against the black like molten lava, with pop-ups on every other two-page spread. Readers will learn how, why, and where volcanos form. I already knew about the undersea ones, but did you know that there are volcanos on other planets? Readers will also learn about man's tenuous relationship with volcanos. If you have a budding vulcanologist, this is a really cool book! I knew the basics about volcanoes to begin with, and I'm no expert now, but I certainly increased my knowledge and sparked my own desire to learn more. I'm smiling just thinking about reading Pop-Up Volcano! with T. I know I didn't retain half of what we read, and I can't wait to read it with him again.
I recommend Pop-Up Volcano! to any but volcano experts (because it's an introduction). I would wager it would be a winner. Not sure why, but I wagered wrong on T. He wasn't super keen on it our first reading; he said it was boring, which I cannot wrap my head around. That said, he was excitedly spouting volcano facts to his dad later that evening. Hopefully that means that he liked it more than he said. I am waiting a few days before reading it again in hopes of a better reception.
One question I usually ask T after reading non-fiction is, "What is the coolest thing you learned?" I'd like to answer that question myself:
The coolest thing that I learned is that scientists studying ice in Antartica were able to identify air bubbles from the year 1259. From those air bubbles, they determined that a volcanic eruption in Indonesia was the cause for poor harvests recorded by European monks in the Middle Ages.
Son's Review (Age: 5) Did you know there are volcanos under water and even in space? There's a page that looks like a volcano in Japan!
I remember reading about that [Vesuvius], about Pliny in The Secrets of Vesuvius. Dad and I read about that!
Frozen volcanos? That can't be true! Wow-wee!
I learned that volcanos erupt in space and under the sea, but I didn't know it before.
I thought that it was a bit boring. The part that was boring was that you just got to learn, and it was really long.
I liked that it was a pop-up book.
Note: A review copy was provided by Thames and Hudson in exchange for an honest review.
Though a bit less exuberant than other pop-up books I own, this tome more than makes up for the underwhelming lava flow with fascinating facts about volcanologists, the tectonic plates, and even Mt. Fuji that made me pause and reexamine what I thought I knew about the mountainous hotspots. From Pompeii to eruptions in the 1200s, this book takes a thorough look at seismic activity.
This is a seriously cool pop-up book. The neon illustrations and dramatic topic make the subject literally burst from the pages. The authors cover volcanoes from topics ancient myths to outerspace to under the sea. It is in depth, interesting, and eye catching.