(3) K-3 Penguin Young Readers: Smithsonian series. A comprehensive overview of the bison's life cycle and habits is organized into chapters and short paragraphs. A leveled text geared toward "fluent readers" smoothly introduces vocabulary and touches on the importance of the animal to Native Americans, the near extinction of the species, and conservationists' efforts to bring them back. Quality photos (some captioned) appear throughout. Young readers will come away well informed. Glos.

Reviewer: Jeannie Coutant

(4) K-3 Photographs by Russ Kendall. Illustrated with color reenactment photographs from Plimoth Plantation, this book presents current historical understanding of the first Thanksgiving: the English colonists at Plimoth had already planned a harvest feast when they are visited by a group of Wampanoag. Told alternately by two boys--a Native American and an English colonist--the narrative is accurate, if pedestrian. Bib., glos.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 1-3 Photographs by Russ Kendall. Color photos and first-person narration tell about a ten-year-old girl living in Williamsburg, Virginia, on the day the colony votes for independence from England. While story and characters are not well developed, readers will glean much information about everyday life for one child in 1776. Photos of food preparation and of Mary getting ready for the day are particularly informative.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth