(4) 4-6 Eyewitness Books series. Photographs by Steve Teague & Steve Teague. For each religion, a short text on each double-page spread (on a subtopic such as the Crucifixion) is married to a wide variety of cropped photos of objects or art; each object has an often substantial caption explaining its importance in the religion's rituals or beliefs. The spreads are crowded and the format choppy, but the images are arresting and the books are inviting for casual readers. Ind. [Review covers these Eyewitness Books titles: Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity.]

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) 4-6 Eyewitness Books series. Photographs by Steve Teague & Steve Teague. For each religion, a short text on each double-page spread (on a subtopic such as the Crucifixion) is married to a wide variety of cropped photos of objects or art; each object has an often substantial caption explaining its importance in the religion's rituals or beliefs. The spreads are crowded and the format choppy, but the images are arresting and the books are inviting for casual readers. Ind. [Review covers these Eyewitness Books titles: Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity.]

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) 4-6 Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books series. Photographs by Steve Teague. For each of twenty-nine Shakespeare-related topics, thoroughly captioned illustrations surround a paragraph of text. Presented in loose chronological order, the subjects range from the playwright's birthplace to "country fun" to the Globe Theatre. The colorful photos are mostly of Elizabethan art and artifacts but feature a few live models wearing period clothing. The cramped page layout makes this volume more suitable for browsing than for steady reading. Ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian