(3) K-3 Illustrated by Lee Christiansen. Nineteen poems impart information about various rainforest animals and some plants, from the familiar tiger to the less-well-known okapi. The poems, paired with appropriately greenish pastel illustrations, are uneven but offer an accessible, often lighthearted, cross-curriculum introduction to the rainforest habitat. Additional facts about the species and rainforests are appended.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Lee Christiansen. Goodman fixes on a spot in New York City to conceptualize time. Each double-page spread presents one point in time ("15,000 years ago"), from the present through the age of dinosaurs, the Ice Age, the age of volcanoes, and more. This device works well, aided by careful art covering subjects as varied as the Lenape Indians and glaciers. A timeline is appended.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Lee Christiansen. Eagle Boy is mocked by his tribe for feeding the eagles and is abandoned by them when the tribe leaves to find better fishing elsewhere. But his friendship with the eagles saves him--and through him his people--from starvation. The majestic illustrations sweep across double-page spreads and enhance this tale of friendship and forgiveness, based on Pacific Northwest native folktales.

Reviewer: Pamela McCuen

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lee Christiansen. Softly realistic pastel illustrations depict the many dangers--and helping hands--a young sea turtle encounters when hatching from her sandy nest, living in the ocean, and returning to her home beach to lay eggs. The labored titular refrain disrupts the otherwise melodic telling, which demonstrates that human assistance, however small, can make a difference in endangered species' survival.

Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli