The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Grimm, Phyllis W.

Crayfish

48 pp. | Lerner | September, 2000 | Library ISBN 0-8225-3030-9 $$22.60

(4) K-3 Early Bird Nature Books series. Photographs by Jerry Boucher. This book covers a fair amount about the animal's habits and characteristics for independent readers. The choppy text enumerates facts about the crayfish, while the color photographs and captions don't really extend the text as much as illustrate what is already there. The book will be useful to report writers. A habitat map is included, and a note to adults discusses reading with children. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth