A Journey Into A Wetland (Biomes Of North America)

A Journey into a Wetland (Biomes of North America)

From BooklistReviewed with Rebecca L. Johnson's A Journey into a Lake.Gr. 3-6. With relaxed, clear prose and beautiful color illustrations on every page, these titles in the Biomes of North America series bring close the general facts of the water habitats as well as the details of the individual plants, birds, animals, and insects that make their homes there. "With teeth bared, the mother alligator rushes in to protect her nest," reads the text, accompanied by a big, front-view color photo showing mama in action. Then there's the detail: a small, clear drawing shows the protective membrane covering an alligator's eyeball underwater. The action will draw readers, and so will the dramatic particulars of small things ("Sundews are insect-eating bog plants that trap their prey in drops of sticky goo"). The connections make a vivid environmental story of a community of living things. With a glossary and a bibliography of books and Web sites appended to each volume, these are fine choices for browsing and biology reports. Hazel RochmanCopyright