(3) K-3 Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. A clever fusion of math and poetry, this introduction to multiplying by ten features pairs of boastful animals who try to one-up each other mathematically. For example, after an ant brags about its six legs, a crocodile points out: "I have SIXTY teeth. I'm a great masticator. / (That means I chew first, and ask questions later.)" The playful rhyming couplets beg to be read aloud, and Baskin's watercolors are large and dramatic.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Leonard Baskin. A brief, incisive author's note precedes the body of this lively poetic introduction to nine real flies and four insects popularly called flies. Far from stodgy, the book contains attention-getting magnificent illustrations, conversational text with just the kind of detail to entice readers, and poems--jaunty, rhythmic rhymes--that lie lightly on the tongue and ear.

Reviewer: Mary M. Burns | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 1999