The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Stonehouse, Bernard

A Visual Introduction to Wild Cats

46 pp. | Checkmark | April, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-8160-3925-9 $$16.95

(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