The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Gibbons, Gail

Beavers

32 pp. | Holiday | July, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-2412-2 $17.95

(3) K-3 The book begins with a beaver family's elaborate home construction; interesting scientific information about beaver anatomy and behavior comes next; the final pages turn to conservation. Gibbons brings her distinctive treatment to the topic, filling the green-and-brown-dominant illustrations with beavers, plants, and other animals in their woods and water habitats. Capitalized vocabulary words, diagrams, and concise sentences populate each double-page spread. Websites.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford