The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

de la Bédoyère, Camilla

Mini Monsters

34 pp. | QEB | September, 2012 | Library ISBN 978-1-60992-283-2 $19.95

(4) 4-6 Animal Attack series. Lively double-page spreads each feature an invertebrate (e.g., scorpion, ant) as well as snippets of information about a particular species. The focus is on the creatures' destructive capabilities. The organization of topics is haphazard, but the occasionally busy presentation generally provides a good balance between text, graphics, and sharp close-up photographs. A foldout illustration of an army ant magnified one hundred times is effective. Websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Lauren Chambers