(4) K-3 Fast Forward series. Illustrated by Peter David Scott. One hundred and sixty million years ago a Mamenchisaurus hatched in the region that is now China. This volume uses dated thumb tabs to follow the life of the creature from before he is hatched until his death. Subsequent layouts, dated millions of years later, show the dinosaur's fossilized skeleton being excavated and eventually displayed in a museum. The text is flat, but readers will appreciate the detail in the color illustrations. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) K-3 Fast Forward series. Illustrated by Peter Dennis. Double-page spreads trace the evolution of a pyramid over time. With thumb tabs indicating the date of each activity, workers prepare a level site in 2500 B.C.E., lay blocks on stone in 2485 B.C.E., and entomb the pharaoh a dozen years later. Subsequent layouts depict the arrival of Europeans in 1789 and a look at the site today. The text is flat, but readers may appreciate the detail in the otherwise unexceptional color illustrations. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) K-3 Fast Forward series. Illustrated by Peter Dennis. In a bookish answer to hypertext, this volume features twelve double-page spreads, each accessible by a thumb index, that sequence events surrounding a Spanish ship, from its construction in the 1630s, through an attack and sinking by pirates, to its rediscovery by nineteenth-century divers, to the present-day display of its replica. Somewhat static but well-labeled illustrations add considerable detail to the brief text. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Fast Forward series. Illustrated by Peter Dennis. In a bookish answer to hypertext, the volumes in this series feature twelve double-page spreads, each accessible by a thumb index, that sequence events in Pompeii, Italy, before and after the 79 C.E. eruption of Vesuvius and in Castle, atop a European hill, where a succession of castles was built. Somewhat static but well-labeled illustrations add considerable detail to the brief text, which moves from prehistory to the present. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Fast Forward titles: Castle and Volcano.]

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Fast Forward series. Illustrated by Mark Stacey. In a bookish answer to hypertext, this volume features twelve double-page spreads, each accessible by a thumb index, that sequence developments from 600 C.E. to the present of a site in western North America. It was first inhabited by Native American hunters, then by settlers of European descent, and is now a Wild West amusement park. Static but well-labeled illustrations add considerable detail to the brief text. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Fast Forward series. Illustrated by Peter Dennis. In a bookish answer to hypertext, the volumes in this series feature twelve double-page spreads, each accessible by a thumb index, that sequence events in Pompeii, Italy, before and after the 79 C.E. eruption of Vesuvius and in Castle, atop a European hill, where a succession of castles was built. Somewhat static but well-labeled illustrations add considerable detail to the brief text, which moves from prehistory to the present. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Fast Forward titles: Castle and Volcano.]

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian