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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1997
Gr 7-Up Researchers drawn to this set by its colorful graphics; big, bright illustrations; full-color photos; and lively subtitles ("Horses in Fancy Dress" heads the chapter on zebras and tapirs) will quickly find themselves lost in a bewildering maze of fact boxes, charts, maps, sidebars, overlapping pictures, insets, and dense-looking columns of text. Less than 100 animals are described in detail, though many more are mentioned and depicted; all are gathered into procrustean, 25-page chapters, each of which is loosely organ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More