(2) K-3 Illustrated by Tannya Harricks. Using bold brushstrokes, Harricks paints an untamed Australian forest where dingoes reign as apex predators. The concept of camouflage is conveyed through the illustrations as Saxby's direct-address text asks readers to find Dingo, the narrative's named female subject, hidden in the landscape or to spot the prey she seeks. Expository smaller-type sentences add scientific facts. Additional information about dingoes concludes the book. Ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2019

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Julie Vivas. Saxby combines a single koala's narrative with explanatory, expository prose that provides information about the species as a whole. Vivas's light-filled watercolors provide a buffer...even when a rattlesnake appears in a clearing, prompting an explanation of the ways koalas escape from danger. The narrative arc concludes with our protagonist finding a permanent home among the eucalyptus trees, while the expository portion extends to a scientific afterword. Ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2018

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Graham Byrne. The life cycle and habits of emus are told through the story of a male emu raising his young in an Australian eucalyptus forest (female emus depart after egg-laying). Spiky digital illustrations perfectly display the birds' hairlike feathering, their awkward-looking flightless movement, and the landscape's rough textures. On each spread, additional statistics and facts about emus accompany the main narrative. Ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2015

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Graham Byrne. Lyrical text and Byrne's dramatic charcoal and digital collages propel readers into one night in the life of Red, a large Australian kangaroo. Informational text that further explains the red roo's habits--and allows readers to extrapolate from a single animal to the entire species--accompanies each page of the narrative. A concluding note provides additional information about kangaroos. Ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2015

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Cassandra Allen. An old sailor swallows a krill, then a jellyfish to catch it. True to the source ditty, swallowing begets more swallowing, but this version ends peacefully. The cheery adaptation is singable--if the singer doesn't mind adding a syllable to the refrain. Gouache and pencil illustrations are bright and whimsical enough that readers should know not to take the stocky sailor's swallowing seriously.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax