The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Leach, Michael , Leach, Michael

Moose

48 pp. | Raintree | September, 2003 | Library ISBN 0-7398-6055-0 $$28.56

(3) K-3 Natural World series. With accessible text and appealing color photos, these books discuss each animal's physiology, habitat, birth, youth and adult life, mating behavior, food sources, and threats (natural and/or human). The books diagram each animal's role in its ecosystem's food chain and conclude with a summary of the animal's life cycle. Directory, further reading, websites. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Natural World titles: Cheetah, Moose, Seal, and Kangaroo.]

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey