From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems...
Ubiquitous (yoo-bik-wi-tuhs): Something that is (or seems to be) everywhere at the same time.
Why is the beetle, born 265 million years ago, still with us today? (Because its wings mutated and hardened). How did the gecko survive 160 million years? (by becoming nocturnal and developing sticky toe pads.) How did the shark and the crow and the tiny ant survive millions and millions of years? When 99 percent of all life forms on earth have become extinct, why do some survive? And survive not just in one place, but in many places: in deserts, in ice, in lakes and puddles, inside houses and forest and farmland? Just how do they become ubiquitous?Amazon Exclusive: The Process of Beckie Prange, Illustrator of Ubiquitous
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To create the intricate timeline found on the endpapers, Prange measured and laid out yarnThis is the print she made from the yarnThe print was then painted to create the final image