From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3-Two highly pictorial presentations. Each book depicts a threatened animal in its special habitat, using a fictional framework to present information on physiology and behavior as well as the local flora and fauna. Costello's text follows a pair of yearling Florida panthers as they experience their first days on their own in the Big Cypress National Preserve, a tangle of palmetto thickets, marshes, hammocks, and prairies in southern Florida. Siegrist's vivid watercolors reflect this varied environment. Fraggalosch turns to the Koeye River Valley in British Columbia, following a female grizzly and her cubs through a cycle of seasons. Eberhart's richly hued paintings limn their lushly forested home, coordinating with the text. Each title includes a global-location map, a page of further data, and a large foldout panorama showing all the plants, birds, etc., mentioned in the text. Agreeable additions.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Product Description
In Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, two hungry panther kittens go in search of food and succeed in their first hunt without their mother.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
