(3) K-3 Illustrated by Michael Rothman. A rhyming, celebratory look at the animals and plants prevalent in the Great North Woods. The rich acrylic paintings highlight the vibrant ecosystem's teeming life throughout the day: aspens quiver in the breeze and the bobcat stirs in its lair at dawn; the star-nosed mole breaks ground and a barn owl plummets toward its prey come nightfall. A beautiful pairing of language and visual imagery.

Reviewer: Rita Soltan

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Michael Rothman. Richly detailed paintings show the flora and fauna of the Monteverde cloud forest in Costa Rica while the text provides some background information about the conditions that create a cloud forest and the great variety of plants and animals found within its borders. Environmental problems are discussed, and several organizations that are working on these issues are listed, as are some relevant websites. Bib., glos.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) K-3 Just for a Day series. Illustrated by Michael Rothman. Second-person descriptive text invites readers to imagine themselves in the body of a tyrannosaurus as it stalks the Cretaceous landscape, eventually killing and eating a triceratops. The acrylic illustrations of T. rex and other contemporaneous dinosaurs and the surmises about their hunting habits are consonant with current theories.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam