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K-3Everyday Animals series.
These volumes give only the most basic facts about the common mammals, with choppy texts reflecting the facing color photos: "Raccoons have long tails. Their tails have black rings." Still, this gives emergent readers good practice, and kids will appreciate that they may see these critters in their backyard. Four of the highlighted animal's features are summarized at book's end. Glos., ind. Review covers these Everyday Animals titles: Deer, Rabbits, Raccoons, and Squirrels.