The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Rockwell, Anne

Growing like Me

24 pp. | Harcourt/Silver Whistle | March, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-15-202202-3 $$14.00

(2) PS Illustrated by Holly Keller. A simple text explains that big and little versions of an organism can look awfully different, yet still be the same. In a suspenseful layout, readers see an egg, seed, or juvenile form of a familiar plant or animal; on the next page, they see the adult/mature version. The cheery tone is carried through in Keller's colorful cartoon illustrations whose clean lines provide the right amount of detail for backyard identifications.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2001