Jane Burton (1) (1933–2007)

I loved this story growing up, and I still enjoy it. It is filled with information that a child can understand. I also really like the fact that the pictures in this story are actual pictures of Jack as he grows up with his brothers and sisters.

The photos in this oversized book are amazing. With larger than life pictures, you can almost hear these cats purring. Grouped in similar poses in the various sections, there are pictures of mother cats with kittens, of cats playing together, of cats stretching in yoga poses, of cats with other animals, and much more. It must have taken a lot of time and much patience and skill on the part of the photographer, not to mention some very photogenic cats, to end up with so many beautiful show more pictures. It truly is a collection that must be seen to be believed. show less

Genre: Informational

Summary: This book provides detailed information for 3rd-6th graders about rocks. It discusses the ways rocks are made, the various materials that make up rocks, the different categories of rocks, what lives on rocks, and the way they are weathered away.

Review: I believe this book is an excellent resource for students to learn about rocks. While I would not read this book page by page to a whole class, I would definitely share specific pages.

This book takes the young reader, with excellent photos and text, from the birth of a puppy through its first year. The dam is sable-and-white Honey, who has a litter of ten pups, three tri-colored and the rest sable-and-white. The sire is not mentioned, but the granddam appears, and she is black-and-white. The pups are shown being born, nursing, their eyes just opening, and so on, as they grow into beautiful young dogs. Jack is the pup that obviously was kept, and at the end of the book, show more when he is a year old, he is shown interacting with another of his dam's litters, this time including pups of sable-and-white, tri-color, fawn-and-white, and red-and-white. Obviously some interesting color genetics going on in this Border Collie family. This book is the children's version of the first book on this subject by this author, A Dog's Life--A Year in the Life of a Dog Family (above). show less