(4) K-3 Illustrated by Ashley Barron. Two-page spreads, illustrated with pleasing cut-paper collage, link animals' activities to geometry concepts. For example, "Would spiders weave webs to spin silken scenes?" is paired with questions about finding shapes therein. The prompts and activities range widely in difficulty and the book's assertion--"So...does nature know numbers? No way!"--is confusingly explained. Animal facts are appended.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

(4) K-3 Math in Nature series. Illustrated by Ashley Barron. A rhyming text poses questions about numbers in nature: "With toes like those, / do you suppose / raccoons can count on trouble?" Additional text boxes ask readers to perform simple (though not always clear) math tasks related to counting or estimating: "Can you count the [raccoon] toes by fives?" Pleasing cut-paper collage art features appropriate fall tones.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey