(2) K-3 Illustrated by Ted Rand. McNulty explores the probable evolution of modern whales from large land-dwelling animals that lived during the time of dinosaurs, carefully delineating likely changes that occurred over many millions of years. Readers will easily follow the almost poetic explanation of how modern whales came to be. Rand's illustrations, executed in acrylic, watercolor, and chalk, are appropriately watery.

Reviewer: Ellen Fader | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1999

(2) K-3 Hello Reader! Science series. Illustrated by Lena Shiffman. In a gentle memoir, McNulty recalls her tenth summer when her family rented a farmhouse that, empty of human inhabitants, was home to a bat colony. Shiffman's soft watercolors underscore the book's non-hysterical tone and extend the text by showing various kinds of bats and their habitats. Advanced beginning readers almost ready to attempt longer chapter books will find this volume nonthreatening.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 1999