(4) YA Career Ideas for Kids series. Illustrated by Nancy Bond. Each starting with an aptitude test, the two books in this series profile careers from flight attendant to diplomat in Travel, and from costume designer to music therapist in Music. Each career also features a biography of someone active in the field. Dull black-and-white sketches and photos break up the text, while extensive resources add to the thorough volumes. Bib., ind. [Review includes these Career Ideas for Kids titles: Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Music and Dance, and Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Travel.]

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) YA Career Ideas for Kids series. Illustrated by Nancy Bond. Each starting with an aptitude test, the two books in this series profile careers from flight attendant to diplomat in Travel, and from costume designer to music therapist in Music. Each career also features a biography of someone active in the field. Dull black-and-white sketches and photos break up the text, while extensive resources add to the thorough volumes. Bib., ind. [Review includes these Career Ideas for Kids titles: Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Music and Dance, and Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Travel.]

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) 4-6 Career Ideas for Kids Who Like series. Illustrated by Nancy Bond. Despite their dull designs, these accessible and practical career guides spotlight fifteen careers, from vocational (animal trainer, machinist) to professional (veterinarian, stockbroker) to academic (zoologist, economist). Using a conversational tone and try-it-out approach, the career descriptions include exploratory activities, a profile of a person employed in the field, and related books and Internet links. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 4-6 Career Ideas for Kids Who Like series. Illustrated by Nancy Bond. Despite their dull designs, these accessible and practical career guides spotlight fifteen careers, from vocational (animal trainer, machinist) to professional (veterinarian, stockbroker) to academic (zoologist, economist). Using a conversational tone and try-it-out approach, the career descriptions include exploratory activities, a profile of a person employed in the field, and related books and Internet links. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) 4-6 Animal Watch series. Beginning with an overview of the branches of the primate order, this dense biology volume continues with intense surveys of monkey and ape species, culminating with chimpanzees, gorillas, and humans. The small print is hard to read, and curiously, the author disingenuously waffles on evolution. Color photos, drawings, maps, taxonomic fact files, and sidebars supplement the text. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) 4-6 Animal Watch series. Illustrated by Martin Camm. This science volume introduces the species of penguins and the adaptations of both cold-sea and warm-sea penguins, then covers each species in depth, with maps of their range, drawings and color photos of their markings, a taxonomic fact file, and descriptions of their habits. The print is frustratingly small and the information dense, but future biologists will have a field day. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(3) 4-6 Animal Watch series. Illustrated by Martin Camm. A variety of color photos and lifelike illustrations accompany the main text, sidebars, and boxes that examine the shark family and their close kin, skates and rays. Double-page spreads profile the different orders of these animals, contrasting their physical characteristics, habitat, and hunting and breeding behavior with their relatives'. The pages are densely packed but cleanly designed. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli

(3) 4-6 Animal Watch series. Illustrated by Richard Orr. A variety of photographs and lifelike illustrations accompany the main texts, sidebars, and boxes that examine the cat family, from lions and tigers to smaller wildcats and house cats. Each double-page spread profiles one cat or group of cats, contrasting their physical characteristics, hunting and breeding behavior, and habitat with its relatives'. The pages are densely packed but cleanly designed. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli