Park Animals ¦ Country Animal ¦ Woodland Animals ¦ Farm Animals

Four small picture books aimed at preschoolers; three attempt to present animals in their natural surroundings. The quality of the illustrations is high - both flora and fauna being closely observed. It is a pity however that, in Woodland Animals, the imprsession is given that weasels and deer are nocturnal. Lots to look at and talk about; good value too. The fourth title, Farm, Animals, is the odd one out, Though it employs the same novel illustrative technique: starting with a close-up and zooming out to reveal more and more of the same picture, this one shows chicks frolicking in sacks of corn and attempts to tell a story (in dull, present-tense language) rather than presenting farm animals behaving naturally.