(4) PS Illustrated by Jill McElmurry. On laundry day the family searches through the house for dachshund Stretch, who needs a bath. Readers can search along with the family under the sturdy flaps that divert attention from Stretch's true hiding place: the laundry basket. The ending is flat, but the old-fashioned setting in McElmurry's illustrations contains lots of striking detail.

Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Denise Y. Takahashi. Photographs by Art Wolfe. The text combines discussion of the interdependence of plants, animals, and environments in the temperate rainforest ecosystem with a strong message against the irreversible devastation caused by logging. Color photographs and illustrations from an eagle's point of view accompany the informative text. Further information on the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest and the groups attempting to save them are found at the back of the book.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford