BRETT, Flora

These books introduce the popular domestic animals in first-person narratives that cover behavior, physical features, and interactions with people. There's some inherent anthropomorphizing going on, but this pet's-eye-view premise is what will attract dog and horse lovers to the otherwise standard overviews. Photos nicely illustrate the text; highlighted words are helpfully defined on their spread. Common Core questions are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these First Facts: Pet Perspectives titles: A Dog's View of the World and A Horse's View of the World.

These introductions to the human body are very basic, with some complexity added in fact boxes and captioned photos or diagrams. One spread in each volume addresses some common disorders (for example, sprains and spasms in Muscular), though Nervous also preaches about damage from drug and alcohol use. Three appended questions link material to the Common Core. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review includes the following First Facts: Your Body Systems titles: Your Digestive System Works!, Your Muscular System Works!, and Your Nervous System Works!.