(3) PS First Science Storybook series. Illustrated by Richard Smythe. Linking a study of light and dark to a narrative of an urban fox hunting at night, Jenkins employs spare prose to chronicle the creature's search for food. In the process, the fox encounters many light sources (the moon, street light, car lights), and back matter encourages youngsters to note these. The mixed-media illustrations create a shadowy, solitary nocturnal journey.

Reviewer: Betty Carter

(1) PS First Science Storybook series. Illustrated by Richard Jones. Jenkins deftly weaves natural and physical science into this tale concerning birds' life cycles; inside that narrative he unobtrusively introduces the concept of force with examples of pulling and pushing, heavy and light, and gravity. In their stylized beauty, Jones's striking, collage-like mixed-media illustrations depict the most basic elements of the natural world and highlight the text's focus on science. Ind.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2018

(2) PS First Science Storybook series. Illustrated by Richard Jones. A pair of personality-filled squirrels and other residents of their pond-side community interact through four distinct seasons. Perfectly crafted sentences--simple, yet packed with clues to the underlying science--emphasize patterns and the relationships among seasons, weather, and nature. Mixed-media illustrations echo the scientific sophistication of the text, using a muted palette that still captures each season's distinct landscapes, trees, and animal behaviors. Ind.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2018