(4) K-3 Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals series. Examining one animal per volume, this early science series offers quick, overly broad surveys of rainforest animals. Colorful layouts and close-up photographs enhance simple descriptions of each creature's appearance, behavior, life cycle, and habitat. Critical thinking questions scattered throughout provide the option for a more interactive reading experience. A basic anatomy chart is appended. Also available in Spanish. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals titles: It's a Chimpanzee!, It's a Jaguar!, and It's a Vampire Bat!

Reviewer: Russell Perry

(4) K-3 Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals series. Examining one animal per volume, this early science series offers quick, overly broad surveys of rainforest animals. Colorful layouts and close-up photographs enhance simple descriptions of each creature's appearance, behavior, life cycle, and habitat. Critical thinking questions scattered throughout provide the option for a more interactive reading experience. A basic anatomy chart is appended. Also available in Spanish. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals titles: It's a Boa Constrictor!, It's a Chameleon!, and It's a Red-Eyed Tree Frog!

Reviewer: Russell Perry

(4) K-3 Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals series. Examining one animal per volume, this early science series offers quick, overly broad surveys of rainforest animals. Colorful layouts and close-up photographs enhance simple descriptions of each creature's appearance, behavior, life cycle, and habitat. Critical thinking questions scattered throughout provide the option for a more interactive reading experience. A basic anatomy chart is appended. Also available in Spanish. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals titles: It's a Chimpanzee!, It's a Jaguar!, and It's a Vampire Bat!

Reviewer: Russell Perry

(4) K-3 Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals series. Examining one animal per volume, this early science series offers quick, overly broad surveys of rainforest animals. Colorful layouts and close-up photographs enhance simple descriptions of each creature's appearance, behavior, life cycle, and habitat. Critical thinking questions scattered throughout provide the option for a more interactive reading experience. A basic anatomy chart is appended. Also available in Spanish. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals titles: It's a Chimpanzee!, It's a Jaguar!, and It's a Vampire Bat!

Reviewer: Russell Perry

(4) K-3 Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals series. Examining one animal per volume, this early science series offers quick, overly broad surveys of rainforest animals. Colorful layouts and close-up photographs enhance simple descriptions of each creature's appearance, behavior, life cycle, and habitat. Critical thinking questions scattered throughout provide the option for a more interactive reading experience. A basic anatomy chart is appended. Also available in Spanish. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals titles: It's a Boa Constrictor!, It's a Chameleon!, and It's a Red-Eyed Tree Frog!

Reviewer: Russell Perry

(4) K-3 Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals series. Examining one animal per volume, this early science series offers quick, overly broad surveys of rainforest animals. Colorful layouts and close-up photographs enhance simple descriptions of each creature's appearance, behavior, life cycle, and habitat. Critical thinking questions scattered throughout provide the option for a more interactive reading experience. A basic anatomy chart is appended. Also available in Spanish. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Bumba Books: Rain Forest Animals titles: It's a Boa Constrictor!, It's a Chameleon!, and It's a Red-Eyed Tree Frog!

Reviewer: Russell Perry

(4) K-3 Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals series. This basic introduction to the spider offers cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. A simple (if choppy) text for emergent readers is adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" offers two random size and weight comparisons. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) K-3 Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals series. These basic introductions to rainforest mammals offer cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple (if choppy) texts for emergent readers are adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. Each book's appendix includes comparisons of average weight, length, or height, some of which won't mean much to kids (e.g., at one hundred pounds, "a chimpanzee weighs as much as a toilet"). Glos., ind. Review covers these Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals titles: Chimpanzees, Jaguars, and Orangutans.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) K-3 Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals series. These basic introductions to rainforest mammals offer cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple (if choppy) texts for emergent readers are adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. Each book's appendix includes comparisons of average weight, length, or height, some of which won't mean much to kids (e.g., at one hundred pounds, "a chimpanzee weighs as much as a toilet"). Glos., ind. Review covers these Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals titles: Chimpanzees, Jaguars, and Orangutans.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) K-3 Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals series. This basic introduction to the rainforest snake offers cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. A simple (if choppy) text for emergent readers is adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers size comparisons; confusingly, the diagram comparing the twenty-six-foot long snake to a thirty-five-foot school bus shows the snake coiled up. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) K-3 Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals series. These basic introductions to rainforest mammals offer cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple (if choppy) texts for emergent readers are adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. Each book's appendix includes comparisons of average weight, length, or height, some of which won't mean much to kids (e.g., at one hundred pounds, "a chimpanzee weighs as much as a toilet"). Glos., ind. Review covers these Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals titles: Chimpanzees, Jaguars, and Orangutans.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) K-3 Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals series. This basic introduction to the colorful rainforest bird offers cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. A simple (if choppy) text for emergent readers is adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers random size comparisons (e.g., at 17.5 inches, "a toucan is longer than a basketball"). Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

(4) 4-6 Animals of the Rain Forest series. Short, choppy sentences with glossary words printed in bold-faced type and close-up color photos with dull captions characterize these brief introductions to rainforest animals. Each formulaic book discusses habitat, physical characteristics, habits, life cycle, and threats from deforestation. Report writers will find this series an adequate if bland resource. Habitat map. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Animals of the Rain Forest titles: Howler Monkeys, Cabybaras, Malayan Sun Bears, Okapis, and Tasmanian Devils.]

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(4) 4-6 Animals of the Rain Forest series. Short, choppy sentences with glossary words printed in bold-faced type and close-up color photos with dull captions characterize these brief introductions to rainforest animals. Each formulaic book discusses habitat, physical characteristics, habits, life cycle, and threats from deforestation. Report writers will find this series an adequate if bland resource. Habitat map. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Animals of the Rain Forest titles: Howler Monkeys, Cabybaras, Malayan Sun Bears, Okapis, and Tasmanian Devils.]

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(4) 4-6 Animals of the Rain Forest series. Short, choppy sentences with glossary words printed in bold-faced type and close-up color photos with dull captions characterize this brief introduction to the king vulture. Redmond discusses the raptor's habitat, physical characteristics, habits, life cycle, and threats from deforestation. Report writers will find this an adequate if bland resource on an unusual topic. Habitat map. Glos., ind.

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(4) 4-6 Animals of the Rain Forest series. Short, choppy sentences with glossary words printed in bold-faced type and close-up color photos with dull captions characterize these brief introductions to rainforest animals. Each formulaic book discusses habitat, physical characteristics, habits, life cycle, and threats from deforestation. Report writers will find this series an adequate if bland resource. Habitat map. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Animals of the Rain Forest titles: Howler Monkeys, Cabybaras, Malayan Sun Bears, Okapis, and Tasmanian Devils.]

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(4) 4-6 Animals of the Rain Forest series. Short, choppy sentences with glossary words printed in bold-faced type and close-up color photos with dull captions characterize these brief introductions to rainforest animals. Each formulaic book discusses habitat, physical characteristics, habits, life cycle, and threats from deforestation. Report writers will find this series an adequate if bland resource. Habitat map. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Animals of the Rain Forest titles: Howler Monkeys, Cabybaras, Malayan Sun Bears, Okapis, and Tasmanian Devils.]

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(4) 4-6 Animals of the Rain Forest series. Short, choppy sentences with glossary words printed in bold-faced type and close-up color photos with dull captions characterize these brief introductions to rainforest animals. Each formulaic book discusses habitat, physical characteristics, habits, life cycle, and threats from deforestation. Report writers will find this series an adequate if bland resource. Habitat map. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Animals of the Rain Forest titles: Howler Monkeys, Cabybaras, Malayan Sun Bears, Okapis, and Tasmanian Devils.]

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(4) K-3 Rain Forest Animals series. This nonfiction book offers bare-bones information about these fungus-eating insects. Each double-page spread contains a full-page color photo or diagram and a couple of short sentences. The text is easy to read but dull: "Leaf-cutting ants walk across the forest floor. Many live in huge, underground colonies." The unusual subject recommends this title more than the dry presentation. A short list of websites and a reading list are included. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn