The Horn Book Guide

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Brown, Carron

Secrets of the Rainforest: A Shine-a-Light Book

40 pp. | Kane/Miller | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-61067-325-9 $12.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Alyssa Nassner. In eye-catching illustrations, lush foliage hides a host of living organisms, from canopy to forest floor. To find out what kinds of animals live in this (unspecified) tropical rainforest ecosystem, young readers can first respond to the text's questions ("What's hiding under this leaf?"), then hold up the book to a light source to see an animal's image projected through onto each right-facing page.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2015