(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. These books explain scientific classification, then define their subjects further. Flowering concentrates on nine of the numerous orders of monocots and dicots. Nonflowering includes information about the ten divisions of seedless and seed plants combined. Captioned color photos, sidebars, and diagrams illustrate the text; a few more of the last would be helpful, as the text is sometimes dense. Reading list. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Classifying Living Things titles: Classifying Flowering Plants and Classifying Nonflowering Plants.]

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. These books explain scientific classification, then define their subjects further. Flowering concentrates on nine of the numerous orders of monocots and dicots. Nonflowering includes information about the ten divisions of seedless and seed plants combined. Captioned color photos, sidebars, and diagrams illustrate the text; a few more of the last would be helpful, as the text is sometimes dense. Reading list. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Classifying Living Things titles: Classifying Flowering Plants and Classifying Nonflowering Plants.]

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. This book explains scientific classification, defines invertebrates, explains their general characteristics, and gives major examples of their eight main phyla: sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, roundworms, segmented worms, mollusks, arthropods, and echinoderms. Captioned photographs, sidebars, and diagrams enhance the text; a few more of the last would be helpful, as the text is sometimes dense. Further reading. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. This book introduces principles of scientific classification. Beginning with an explanation of classification, the book supplies a table with orders and other classification data specific to birds; for the remainder, double-page spreads contain short paragraphs about different families, groups, etc. Captioned color photos and sidebars add to this formulaic introduction. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. This book introduces principles of scientific classification. Beginning with an explanation of classification, the book supplies a table with orders and other classification data specific to insects; for the remainder, double-page spreads contain short paragraphs about different families, groups, etc. Captioned color photos and sidebars add to this formulaic introduction. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. This book introduces principles of scientific classification. Beginning with an explanation of classification, the book supplies a table with orders and other classification data specific to mammals; for the remainder, double-page spreads contain short paragraphs about different families, groups, etc. Captioned color photos and sidebars add to this formulaic introduction. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. REVIEW MISSING

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. This book introduces principles of scientific classification. Beginning with an explanation of classification, the book supplies a table with orders and other classification data specific to fish; for the remainder, double-page spreads contain short paragraphs about different families, groups, etc. Captioned color photos and sidebars add to this formulaic introduction. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Classifying Living Things series. These books introduce principles of scientific classification. Beginning with an explanation of classification, they supply a table with orders and other classification data; for the remainder, double-page spreads contain short paragraphs about different families, groups, etc. Captioned color photos and sidebars add to these formulaic introductions. Reading list. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Classifying Living Things titles: Classifying Amphibians and Classifying Reptiles.]

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian