(2) K-3 Illustrated by Mike Bostock. A lone dinosaur lays her eggs, protects them and herself against predators, and searches for her next meal. The narration is unflinchingly realistic, and the illustrations are an excellent match for the realism in the text. The appealing warm-toned images invite readers into the Ankylosaurus's world but never stray into sentimentality.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2005

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Mike Bostock. "As the triceratops turns to run, tyrannosaurus races toward him. His teeth bite and slice. His jaws shut like a trap." The tyrannosaurus prowls, attacks, sleeps, fends off another tyrannosaurus, and attacks an edmontosaurus. Despite a few confusing pronouns, the straightforward text conveys a day in the life of this prehistoric carnivore. The detailed illustrations manage to be both realistic and nonsensationalistic.

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(2) K-3 Illustrated by Mike Bostock. In text as well as art, this sea creature comes alive: a lyric narrative traces the mother's hunt for a safe haven to lay her eggs, as predators such as the Wolf eel impede her journey. As in their award-winning Think of an Eel, Wallace and Bostock create ocean magic in their presentation of tantalizing information with simple elegance and beauty.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1998