Who's Faster?: Animals on the Move

The cheetah may be the fastest land mammal, but is it the fastest animal of all? Or does the award go to a soaring bird, slithering snake, or sailing fish? The fourteen animals presented in Who�s Faster? span a range of speeds, from the slow crawl of a sloth to the breakneck blur of the fastest animal in the world. With lyrical text, author Eileen Meyer describes each animal�s unique movement and then asks readers, �Who�s faster?� Kids won�t be able to stop turning the pages until they find out who�s fastest. Beautiful watercolors by award-winning illustrator Constance Bergum capture each animal�s graceful movement and include intricate details of hooves, whiskers, fins, and feathers. An appendix provides more information about each animal.

Eileen R. Meyer has long been a fan of family trips to zoos and national parks because they provide opportunities to watch the beauty of animals on the move. Eileen�s poetry has appeared in numerous children�s magazines, and she enjoys presenting interactive writing workshops to grade school students. This is her first book for Mountain Press. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and three sons.