(4) K-3 Animal Puzzlers series. In a question-and-answer format, readers are given a cursory explanation of how an animal's anatomy and habits are adapted to their environment. Altered photos show humorous scenarios, e.g., an elephant walking through a city street, as well as accurate depictions. At times the information isn't applicable to the question asked. Glos., ind. Review covers these Animal Puzzlers titles: Why Don't Elephants Live in the City?, Why Don't Gorillas Lay Eggs?, Why Don't Polar Bears Have Stripes?, and Why Don't Tigers Eat Bananas?.

Reviewer: Hilary Breed Van Dusen

(4) K-3 Animal Puzzlers series. In a question-and-answer format, readers are given a cursory explanation of how an animal's anatomy and habits are adapted to their environment. Altered photos show humorous scenarios, e.g., an elephant walking through a city street, as well as accurate depictions. At times the information isn't applicable to the question asked. Glos., ind. Review covers these Animal Puzzlers titles: Why Don't Elephants Live in the City?, Why Don't Gorillas Lay Eggs?, Why Don't Polar Bears Have Stripes?, and Why Don't Tigers Eat Bananas?.

Reviewer: Hilary Breed Van Dusen

(4) K-3 Animal Puzzlers series. In a question-and-answer format, readers are given a cursory explanation of how an animal's anatomy and habits are adapted to their environment. Altered photos show humorous scenarios, e.g., an elephant walking through a city street, as well as accurate depictions. At times the information isn't applicable to the question asked. Glos., ind. Review covers these Animal Puzzlers titles: Why Don't Elephants Live in the City?, Why Don't Gorillas Lay Eggs?, Why Don't Polar Bears Have Stripes?, and Why Don't Tigers Eat Bananas?.

Reviewer: Hilary Breed Van Dusen

(4) K-3 Animal Puzzlers series. In a question-and-answer format, readers are given a cursory explanation of how an animal's anatomy and habits are adapted to their environment. Altered photos show humorous scenarios, e.g., an elephant walking through a city street, as well as accurate depictions. At times the information isn't applicable to the question asked. Glos., ind. Review covers these Animal Puzzlers titles: Why Don't Elephants Live in the City?, Why Don't Gorillas Lay Eggs?, Why Don't Polar Bears Have Stripes?, and Why Don't Tigers Eat Bananas?.

Reviewer: Hilary Breed Van Dusen

(4) K-3 What's It Like to Live In...? series. This country snapshot briefly covers such topics as landscape, transportation, weather, housing, industry, and festivals. Newly independent readers will garner some basic information from the simple, easy-to-read text and minimally captioned color photos, but, overall, the presentation is slight. A scrapbook section of random "things you might find in Jamaica" and list of Jamaican words are appended. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(3) K-3 First Guide series. Illustrated by John Eastwood & John Eastwood. A series of double-page spreads illustrated with loose cartoony images present basic concepts about money, from "Allowances" to "Be a Wall Street whiz kid." The first and last sections, "Money, money, money" and "Your millionaire fantasy," discuss the large sums of money some actors, athletes, and business people earn. The advice throughout is sound. Glos.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) K-3 What's It Like to Live In...? series. This country snapshot briefly covers such topics as the Canadian landscape, weather, homes, industry, and festivals. Newly independent readers will garner some basic information from the simple, easy-to-read text and minimally captioned color photos, but the overall presentation is slight. A scrapbook section of random "things you might find in Canada" and list of Canadian words are appended. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(4) K-3 What's It Like to Live In...? series. These two country snapshots briefly cover such topics as landscape, transportation, weather, housing, industry, and festivals. Newly independent readers will garner some basic information from the simple, easy-to-read text and minimally captioned color photos, but, overall, these presentations are slight. A scrapbook section of random "things you might find" in each country and a list of French or Italian words are appended. Glos., ind. [Review covers these What's It Like to Live In...? titles: France and Italy.]

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo

(4) K-3 What's It Like to Live In...? series. These two country snapshots briefly cover such topics as landscape, transportation, weather, housing, industry, and festivals. Newly independent readers will garner some basic information from the simple, easy-to-read text and minimally captioned color photos, but, overall, these presentations are slight. A scrapbook section of random "things you might find" in each country and a list of French or Italian words are appended. Glos., ind. [Review covers these What's It Like to Live In...? titles: France and Italy.]

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo