(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Adrienne Yorinks. Ingeniously illustrated with fabric collages created with paint, glitter, cotton, and silk, this book provides solid information about topics including size, appearance, habits, migration, and reproduction. Each section is followed by a thematically related folktale. The short, bare-bones, unsourced tales have less vitality than the whirring birds they describe. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(2) YA Illustrated by Adrienne Yorinks. McMullan, a direct descendant of Shannon (the youngest participant in the Corps of Discovery), creates, both from generalized research and access to family records, her ancestor's fictionalized journal. McMullan lets Shannon show his own self-discovery as he matures both physically and intellectually and gains competence as a wilderness man.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2004

(4) PS Illustrated by Adrienne Yorinks. A duck, Quack, visits the moon, but his animal friends miss him and vice versa, so he parachutes back to earth. The story, told almost entirely with the word "quack," is limp, but the point is well taken that children can interpret narrative from vocal inflection and images. The book's hallmark is its fabric-collage illustrations.

Reviewer: Nell Beram