Amazing Aquarium Bird Paradise Mammal Kingdom Reptile Park

Gr 2—3—Designed to prepare students for visits to zoos or nature parks, each of these volumes provides basic background information about a type of animal usually found in such places, enhanced by shaped cutout photos and shots of creatures in artificial settings. Texts printed in different sizes of type on each spread to signal different levels of detail include simple general header statements, personal comments from the author ("The parrot I saw was a green-winged macaw from South America") and short expository captions related to one or two accompanying portraits. Each spread also includes a range map and a small note on an endangered species. Closing "Notes for Parents and Teachers" list websites and often feature information on environmental hazards or conservation efforts. Though some pages have a crowded look, these will be popular and useful field-trip enhancers.