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4-6Big Countdown series.
An emphasis on numbers frames this presentation of the classification of animal life. The crowded layouts, illustrated with colorful graphics of animals and a few small photographs, use numbers to highlight facts such as the ages and sizes of species, distances that some animals migrate, numbers of offspring, and the like. The facts are interesting, although sometimes arbitrary. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.