(3) 4-6 Translated by Yolanda Stern Broad. This French import introduces readers to ten amazing bridges and their architects and engineers, including the first cast-iron bridge, built over England's Severn River in 1779; the Plougastel Bridge, an all-concrete bridge built in 1930 France; and Calgary's 2012 Peace Bridge, a 428-foot walkway. With a handsome horizontal design echoing the lines of a bridge, the book contains finely detailed, small-scale architectural drawings that invite careful scrutiny.

Reviewer: Grace Worcester Greene

(4) K-3 Translated by Yolanda Stern Broad. Illustrated by Cécile Gambini. Perky personifications of sixteen unusual (but real) tree species from around the world tell their "stories" in their own voices on left-hand pages; a fanciful portrait of the tree appears on the right of each spread. Some factual information is embedded in each tree's jocular presentation, but readers looking for straightforward information or images should look elsewhere. The endpapers contain a world map.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo