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Ocean Anatomy by Julia Rothman
BATB score: 9/10 🐋🦑🐢 The most subtle and adorable way to alarm you about the effects of climate change to the polar bears, the orcas, and the narwhals. Best for: any kid who dreamt to be a marine biologist but had to succumb to his/her asian parents and became a doctor, a finance audit, and/or any typical all-star office employee instead 🧑💻👨💻 Best as: okay, mid-adult-children-book. it's illustration -> definitely too cute but its description -> hey-yo scientific big


Food Anatomy: The Curious Part and Pieces of Our Edible World by Julia Rothman
BATB score: 8/10 🌶🥨🍣🍭 Adorable book on all food consumed around the world. Lovable illustrations; yet, minimal educational content. Best as: fun no-brainer read (literally no brain was needed) with cutesie drawings that sparks joy #adorbs Best to: know that sunflower seeds 🌻, cucumber 🥒, and corn 🌽 are actually fruits not vegetables Best for: middle-aged adults wanting to take a break from our day-to-day madness. The part on the different types of coffee and wine was h


Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and the Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
BATB score: 6/10 🧕 recommended by Emma Watson aka Hermione Granger - an illustrated comic on an upbringing of Iranian women being 'worth half of men'. Best as: leisure yet knowledgeable read on Iran 1970s through war, martyrs, and head scarves via an autobiography of a curious and rebellious girl 🙎♀️ Best to: know that there's no climax nor key plot twist in this comic - just a series of chronological events Best for: admiration of the comic illustrations that told a story
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