This is an interesting and important topic. And it's presented here in a very kid friendly format! Hopefully it inspires them to think of nature's creatures too. I appreciate how real pictures of these nature bridges are included.

This was a very educational read with minimal but very needed illustrations. I like that the illustrations were not over the top but short simple and to the point as was the information given. I loved that I learned something from this. Very cool read and I think would be great for elementary age students.

Make Way for Animals by Meeg Pincus teaches the reader how different places in the world provide a type of natural habit for animals due to building, etc. Make Way for Animals taught me something that I was not aware that was being done. There are certain places in the world that have taken the initiative to do their best recreate a natural habitat for the animals native to that country because the buildings and roads have taken away that animal's natural habitat. I found Make Way for Animals informative and I highly recommend it! Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read this book. My review is also on Goodreads,

This book was really interesting and informative. It starts by talking about animals who cannot live their lives without humans and our roads interfering with their patterns of survival. Then it goes on to talk about the various real projects across the world that help mitigate these roads and highways. I also love at the end when they show real pictures of existing solutions. All around this book was a joy to read, and I think kids will find it fascinating.

This is a test review because I work for the publisher and don't want to skew the results but need to get these off my shelves.

Make Way for Animals was such an interesting book on how we have had to make wildlife crossings for animals that have been disturbed by human-built roads. I also appreciated how it showed a variety of career types that are needed to make these crossings happen. The real life photos of various crossings at the end were really neat too!

Make Way for Animals is one of the best picture books I have read this year. This book is about wild-life crossings all around the world. It is not only fun to read but also a book that teaches about taking care of wild-life. This book brings to life how the presence of the mind will help us coexist with other creatures of this planet. It doesn't take much effort to build a walkway for the animals, where roads cut through the forest. This book teaches how one person's ideas can change the world for the better.

A badger is trying to cross a busy highway and images of the Atari game Frogger come to mind. What is the solution? We learn the answer in the nonfiction picture book Make Way for Animals! by Meeg Pincus. The author uses poetic imagery to help readers visualize animals attempting to cross roadways: "Red crabs. Claw clickers. Millions migrating together... Then the roads came, blocking their way." Several animals plights are mentioned from across the globe and are paired with illustrations that reveal the immediate peril each animal encounters. For example, the crabs from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean cross a road and a car traveling the same road lets a reader imagine the impact that will occur. The images build suspense as the issue of wildlife corridor is revealed. After the problems are revealed, the various solutions that are already in place are revealed in an expository writing style. This problem - solution structure builds tension and hooks readers. It opens readers eyes to a critical issue in our environment - urban encroachment and wildlife corridors. As humans expand their communities and roadways, animals find their pathways and habitat vastly altered and in danger. The endnotes are written in an expository style and are a welcome addition. Readers will enjoy reading these pages. STEM project ideas are included along with a suggestion of how to bring this issue to the attention of local leaders. A bibliography is provided which can assist readers in beginning a deeper dive into this issue. I recommend this book for elementary and middle grade readers. The book would make an excellent read-aloud for young and older students with its lyrical text. I can't wait to share this book with my students and attempt the STEM challenge in my fifth grade library class.

I love love love this book! As an adult reading this book, I learned so much about different animals and communities around the world, so I know that little ones will get lots of new facts too. But what I really loved is that it shows how the process of inquiry works in real life... We see a problem, we brainstorm solutions to the problem, and we work to make it happen. There's a really great opportunity here for students to engage in STEAM activities after learning and see the way their learning connects to real life. Also, the illustrations really capture the feel of an environment, using a color palette to bring snowy scenes or hot safari lands to life.

This is an absolutely brilliant and beautiful book. Thank you to NetGalley, Lerner Publishing Group, and Millbrook Press for the e-ARC to read and review. Upon publication, I will definitely be picking up a copy for the littles in my life who love animals (and maybe myself!) Not only is this a wonderfully illustrated look at animals across the world, but it showcases a side of animal activism that isn't always at the front of our minds.

Why I think this book shines so brightly is that it starts off presenting a major problem that most of us haven't spent much time thinking about, but doesn't leave it there. I was always a deeply anxious, apologetic, and worried little kid (and am still all of those things now honestly) so I just KNOW I would have read about the way roads destroyed animals' habitats and migration patterns and just been gutted. I'd feel so guilty about using those roads and knowing all the harm they caused, even if they were necessary to modern human life. So I love that this book seamlessly transitions into real-life solutions. It shows the problem the roadways caused, and spotlights some of the genius solutions that have already been enacted around the world, like underpasses and bridges designed specifically for certain animals to continue about their lives safely, away from our cars and trucks. It asserts that this is still a work in progress, and that so many different layers of helpers need to be engaged to keep this going (from the activists advocating to the architects building), and that a new generation of thoughtful little thinkers are going to further that cause. I have been lucky enough to see some animal crossing architecture in Europe, and I still audibly gasped when I saw some of the beautiful and creative solutions depicted in this book. At the end of the book, there are real photos of human-made crossings and they further the conversation in a meaningful way (not like sometimes add-ons at the back of the book only highlight to me what was missing from the original story). The child version of me would see from all this that there's no need to feel overwhelming guilt for using the roads, but instead to feel like for every creation we develop for our human efficiencies, we can responsibly stop and look at who or what that creation may be leaving out or hurting and act from there.

Did I mention this book is brilliant?

What a fun book! There was so much to enjoy about this book from the detailed and realistic illustrations to the stories of different species of animals from all over the world getting accommodations as people share (and encroach upon) their habitats. I enjoyed learning about the animals and how we coexist with them, and the kids were very into the story as well!
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Make Way for Animals! by Meeg Pincus is a delightful children's picture book about animal crossing around the world. Accompanied by lovely illustrations, the text teaches us about the different animals that walk in different countries. According to the description, "take a tour of wildlife crossings across the globe, from grassy badger bridges to underpasses for elephants."

Overall, Make Way for Animals! is a picture book that is the perfect gift for the young animal-lover in your life. One highlight of this book is that the book teaches us about things that happen in real life. Because it's nonfiction, it can teach children important lessons about how humans and animals can coexist peacefully. If you're intrigued by the description, I highly recommend that you check out this book when it comes out in April!

I really enjoyed this book and think it is an important read in this day and age. I thought this book did a great job explaining a modern day problem created by humans and our global expansion. The book is informative about the problem, but also about the solution to that problem and explains both in ways young children can understand. I thought the illustrations were wonderful. A great read through and through.

This was a fantastic, educational book for kids! I enjoyed it as an adult too. The book shows how the creation of natural bridges reduces collisions and saves animals. Animal's habitats have been thrown into disarray as a result of roadway construction. This book chronicles how scientists, architects, and community members can help animals by expanding these projects.. The illustrations are fantastic. In the back of the book, there are pictures of the real places. My sister is a kindergarten teacher and I plan to buy this for her classroom.

I thought this was an awesome book! The illustrations were very nice and eye catching and the language was easy to understand and follow. Very educational and can be used to teach kids about geography and the wildlife of different countries. I also liked how the author talked about how humans can accommodate them with infrastructure. The activity at the end was very cute too. I will be recommending my library purchase this when it is published.

Pros: I recently saw a video of a crossing for wildlife that was built over a road in the US and was interested to learn more. This book considers how humans have changed animals' environments and how humans have then created new ways for animals to move about safely. I learned a lot from this book--especially when it came to crossings in countries other than the US. The illustrations in this book are fantastic. My favorite part about this book is its message to kids about the importance of caring for animals and their natural homes.

Cons: Although I loved the message of this book, I can see how some readers will not like it. This is not a con of the book but is a note that some readers who won't like this book are probably the readers who need to take its message to heart.

Thank you to NetGalley and Lerner Publishing Group, Millbrook Press for the opportunity to read this book.

Make Way for Animals! is a book tells about how some animal species have lost safe access to what they need to survive because of manmade roads cutting through the animals/ natural spaces. Many animals have had their natural habitats infringed on at the hand of manmade developments. The solution that many communities have come up with is to construct wildlife crossings. The book shows examples of these wildlife crossings in throughout the world. It also shows how people have to work together to make sure that the wildlife crossings are built for the animals.
This book is an excellent resource for anyone who has a child who is interested in animals and animal conservation. As an elementary school teacher, this book aligns very nicely with the science standards/ curriculum. My class is currently learning about animals and animal habitats. I pulled this book up for a small group discussion and the students loved seeing specific examples of the wildlife crossings. The students were all engaged and they drew their own animal crossings for an extension activity. As a teacher, I also learned some new facts about wildlife crossings that I am excited to share with my students. I will definitely be purchasing a copy of this book to add to my classroom science library.

A really interesting look at how humans have built things to help animals, like tunnels and bridges so that they can get to where they need to go without any danger. I learned a lot from this little book, and the illustrations were beautiful too!

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Excellent book about how we can help keep animals safe as they try to cross man-made obstacles.

"Make Way for Animals" written by Meeg Pincus and illustrated beautifully by Bau Luu is a unique book. In this book "the road is a visitor" and wildlife crossing throughout the world are shown and explained. Animals such as badgers, blue fairy penguins, red crabs, African elephants, deer, spotted salamanders, ringtail possums, night monkeys, leaping fish and even bees are highlighted. The various ways these animals cross the roads that interrupted their natural habits include: bridges, pipelines, crossings, underpasses, natural canopies, a bee highway and the most unique of all a water ladder! For a children's book, I was impressed that I learned new information from this book since it highlights many different structures that I have not only never seen, but never heard of. These structures allow the animals not only to travel safely, but as the book points out to get to food, nests, mates, and to lay eggs. The end of the book has a challenge for children to design their own underpass as will as actual pictures of some of these crossings. There is also a bibliography at the end citing sources for the information.
I am thoroughly impressed with this book and want to own it to share with my granddaughter when she is older (book is aimed at 5 to 9 year olds). I plan to check out more by Meeg Pincus soon.