(4) K-3 Amazing Animal Adventures series. Illustrated by Alan Male & Alan Male. A mother crocodile takes her babies to the river to hunt for food. In addition to introducing readers to the behavior and habitat of young Nile crocodiles, the meandering story and detailed color illustrations include mention of other animals found in the Luangwa River in an unnamed southern African country. A foldout depicts the crocodile's habitat and includes a pictorial glossary.

Reviewer: Jim St. Claire

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Alan Male. Roughly following a mother crocodile and her brood of young crocs, this observational book remarks upon the other animals in the Luangwa River Valley in Zambia, Africa. The somewhat meandering and slow-paced text and the highly detailed color illustrations work together to identify the animals, and a "glossary"--a foldout spread of other reptiles, fish, birds, and mammals, identified in spot illustrations--is appended.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam