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Fantastic Forest

by Tony Mitton
24p. 978-0-75343-007-1.
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Gr 1-2 Several cartoon critters hike ("Forest" and scuba dive ("Odyssey" through forest scenes and undersea neighborhoods in these titles. Mitton's tidily rhyming texts point out that "Black bears are good at climbing/Just see how well they do./These bears are fetching insects/and pinecone nuts to chew" and that "A giant squid looks scary...." Parker's illustrations give quick impressions of moose and gulper eels. A final page in each book presents a bunch of creatures not mentioned in the texts but depicted in the bright spreads, asking, "Did you find.../see...," and calling for a second perusal in a quick location game. No additional data for any of the animals (featured or not) is provided.-"Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
Three animal friends in human garb wander through a forest and explore the undersea world to introduce young readers to various animals in those habitats. The bouncy rhymed texts and colorful cartoonlike illustrations, along with being entertaining, offer some surprisingly substantive facts about the creatures. An appended page in each volume identifies additional animals found in the art. Review covers these Amazing Animals titles: Fantastic Forest and Ocean Odyssey.

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