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Gr 3–6—This illuminating book brings an often-overlooked natural phenomenon to life as dust travels on the wind from a dry lake in Africa across the Atlantic Ocean to South America and beyond. The story begins with a pregnant mother by a crib as dust motes show in the light. The impact dust has on different biomes is explored: "It sifts into the water, providing nutrients that help the sea make the air we breathe." Size and weight are explained in visual terms. Rainfall in the rainforest as deep as "a stack of twenty capybar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More