(4) K-3 Illustrated by Karen Reczuch. Tracking over four billion years of history in sixty-four pages necessarily results in a rather rushed survey. The information is presented through a series of spreads featuring a sometimes static color illustration and a paragraph or two of text. Accessibly written, the volume begins with the formation of Earth and traces the origins of life from microorganisms through dinosaurs to the first hominids.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta