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This series is full of fascinating information about polar bears, pandas, tigers, and orangutans. Readers will discover what these animals eat, how they survive, how they raise their young, and why they are in danger. Although these wonderful animals are in danger, there is a lot that people can do to help them. These books show your students how. Colorful photographs and illustrations, and interesting fact-filled sidebars are in each book. Students can visit a dedicated Web link that directs them to organizations that work in support of the preservation of each featured animal.
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Series Review: Save the..."Students will love these books, which include suggestions on how to help endangered animals. Each colorful spread presents a question ("Why Are Orangutans So Special?") and provides an answer through facts, large color photographs, and a "Save the..." or a "Did You Know?" bubble. A large-print sentence that often snakes across the spread presents the animal in the first person, giving readers information from a different perspective (Panda asserts that "I am the height of a pony when I stand on all fours"). The books provide the basics: where the animals live, how they communicate (addressed in spreads with headings such as "How Do Polar Bears Talk?"), and what they eat, and several questions and answers specifically related to the title creature. Good resources for young researchers."
--School Library Journal
