(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