Scaly and Snappy; Colourful and Bright; Strong and Stripy; Swift and Silent; Brown and Furry; Big and Bulky

A guessing game approach to identifying animals makes an interesting and unusual non-fiction book for infant or lower junior children. The artwork focuses on just one part of the animal's body in order to conceal the identity of the creature until near the end of the book. The left hand side of each double spread has larger typeface and simpler text than the right. Three detailed traditional watercolour illustrations appear on each spread. In Scaly and Snappy, I'm afraid I fell for the (intentional?) trap and wrongly identified the American alligator as a crocodile. Once the true identity is revealed, further information about the animal's habitat and its babies is presented along with a quiz and simple glossary.