Oceans and Rivers in Danger

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Why are oceans and rivers in danger? What is happening to the plants and animals that live there? What can you do to help? People are doing things that are putting our planet in danger. Discover what they are doing and how other people are trying to make things better. Every person can make a difference. Find out what you can do to help protect our planet.

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Gr 2-5-Newbery has grouped eight famous works together under appealing themes. The art in Scared is not too scary, and kids will find some of the stories surrounding the pieces interesting. In some cases there is not enough detail-one work is a painted wood "LARGE toy" of a tiger eating a soldier, but Newbery never states how large. Other artwork includes Picasso's Scene de Tauromachie, a woodcut by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, an Aztec mask, and a page from a 700-year-old book. In Smile, readers may be motivated to create their own masterpieces after seeing Claes Olderburg's Two Cheeseburgers. In both books, each spread contains a photo of the art and two or three short paragraphs about it and concludes with two pages about the art and artists. Words like "learnt," "dreamt," and "scrummy" indicate the books' British origin. These titles will find use with art teachers or where art books are in high demand.-Stephanie Farnlacher, Trace Crossings Elementary School, Hoover, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.