(4) 4-6 Stories from History series. The most successful of this series, this comic book presents the history leading up to Gettysburg, and a day-by-day account of the battle itself. The shorter duration of the event lends itself better to this format, where speech bubbles and text boxes contain spare print. Lifeless illustrations do little to add to the drama of battle. Timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Elizabeth Shaver

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Mark Clapsadle. Brown-toned illustrations detail a day in the life of a young cheetah living on the Serengeti Plains. The illustrations are accomplished but not particularly engaging; the text dutifully recounts the cheetah's experiences traveling across the grassy plains, running from an angry warthog, and waiting anxiously for his mother's return. A list of cheetah facts preceeds the story.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo