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Discovering how things revolve in the cycle of nature This series aims to show the relationships between life and death and how everything is connected in the circle of life. These two tittles will teach readers the essential links within wildlife that are necessary for things to survive. - Both books introduce the concepts of transition, i.e. winter to spring, in a easily digestible format with enough information to keep children interested. - Pages full of lively illustrations that catch the eye and also help the children visualise some of these creatures that they may never actually see in person. - Simple enough to make reading enjoyable at all reading levels without compromising on essential information. - Includes glossary of any difficult words table of contents and an index. - Many diagrams that children will recognise and provide useful in lessons at school.
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School Library Journal Review
Gr 1-3Designed for children beginning to explore and understand the complexities and diversity in nature, these illustration-filled books with simple texts and numerous captions show individual plants and animals adapting within habitats that change with the seasons. Set in a meadow, The Hunt for Food establishes the relationship between predator and prey while From Birth to Death discusses the life cycles found within a pond environment. Gentle text and soothing naturalistic colors in the illustrations tone down the often-harsh realities of nature. Both volumes demonstrate the ebb and flow of life, with above- and below-ground habitats illustrated on the same page for a glimpse of a total environment. While From Birth to Death concentrates on the beginning of life, both titles show death without sensationalism. Words in boldface are defined in glossaries. Patricia Lauber's Who Eats What? (HarperCollins, 1994) explains the food chain with more simplicity and clarity, but the realistic illustrations and focus on separate ecosystems broaden the concept in these new volumes. Two books that will support science curriculums.Diane Nunn, Richard E. Byrd Elementary School, Glen Rock, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Gr. 1^-5. The Life Cycle series focuses on animals in various habitats during the different stages of their lives. Hunt for Food deals with animals in a meadow, in particular their feeding habits during the seasons. From Birth to Death takes the reader through a year of seasonal changes around a pond. Each double-page spread opens with a brief paragraph of information, with more to be found in the small illustrations and captions scattered across the spread. It is the excellent illustrations, so detailed they resemble photographs, that are the books' real strength. They not only capture the environment but also depict a clear relationship between the animal and the plant life and a sense of simultaneous activity: a rabbit hides in a burrow next to the roots of a bush as a fox sniffs at the entrance to the burrow. Both books include a glossary. Helen Rosenberg