Amazing Animals (X-Ray Picture Book). This item is unavailable.Amazing Animals (X-Ray Picture Book)

Shows the internal structure of animals from flies to whales, including their skeletons and muscles, and describes how they move

Gr 3-5-Done in a format similar to the ``Eyewitness'' series (Knopf), this is a colorful and fairly well-done picture book. However, although the illustrations are well labeled, the perspectives are often rather confusing. One might also quibble with the misleading title, which implies that a fly, snail, snake, and whale (to name a few) are all part of the same animal family. The index is somewhat selective, e.g., ``feathers'' is included, but ``flea'' is not. In general, parts rather than the whole body of a creature are examined, with more space devoted to its more interesting features (e.g., the eye of a fly or the ear of an elephant). Complaints aside, the volume does offer helpful and creatively presented bits of information.-Janet O'Brien, Mount Pleasant Public Library, Pleasantville, NY

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