Lions

K-Gr 3-These series titles combine a brief introduction to the physical features, diet, and habitat of the subject animals with plenty of attractive color photographs. Basically accessible to second and third graders, with weaker, uneven sections for kindergartners and first graders, each text begins with a list of facts about the animal and a look at the creature: "My humps store fat, which I use for energy when I do not have enough food to eat" (Camels). Sidebars add interesting tidbits: "A lion's paw can be 5 inches (12 centimeters) wide, four times wider than the paw of a pet cat." Visual language like this is included on most pages, but there is also some potentially confusing text, as in the following from Zebras: On one page, readers are told that "Zebras probably recognize each other by their patterns," while on another, "Even in a crowd, zebras can recognize other family members by the patterns of their stripes-." The movement from probability to fact is just one example of the loose presentation that dots the texts. Better books on these animals are in abundant supply.-Nancy Call, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Aptos, CA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.


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