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Rustad, Martha E. H.

Animals in Fall: Preparing for Winter

24 pp. | Millbrook | September, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-0-7613-5066-8 $23.93

(3) K-3 Cloverleaf Books: Fall's Here! series. Illustrated by Amanda Enright. A round-faced, bundled-up child narrator tells readers how animals prepare for the colder months. Migration, hibernation, and camouflage are approachably explained; sidebars shaped like leaves supplement the main text with additional facts about the creatures. Autumnal illustrations portray animals in the ocean, woods, sky, and underground. An activity is appended. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Sophie Williamson