(3) K-3 Illustrated by Julian Frost. Scanning electron microscope images by Linnea Rundgren. In this nifty, lighthearted introduction to microbiology, a microbe named Min moves from the book's page to parts of the human body then to a shirt, picking up friends (fellow microbes) along the way. Goofy illustrated microbes are backed up by "really, really close up" photo-images as they comment about their environments (on a tooth: "we're digging cavities!"). A final page reveals more scientific facts about microbes.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(3) K-3 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. Illustrated by Maddie Frost. A legendary 1888 blizzard illustrates the power of winter storms and sets the context for explanations about atmospheric conditions that cause extreme weather as well as the physical science that leads to large amounts of precipitation and high winds. Friendly illustrations of families and animals in the snow are mainly decorative, though a few additional diagrams illustrate the science. Winter-weather journaling tips are included. Glos.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

(3) PS Illustrated by Tom Frost. This concept book takes pre-readers under the big top to introduce opposites via cleverly designed lift-the-flaps. Three identical clowns illustrate same until a flap pies one in the face to reveal different; few acrobats become many after an accordion gatefold. The illustrations are spare but graphically sharp; for a movable book, this one is fairly sturdy, with heavy board pages and cardstock-weight flaps.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen