From the Publisher
"This series dishes out a lot of information in slim volumes, which all have one sentence per page and a single engaging photograph. Facts are abundant and clearly presented. The titles all end with pages that delve deeper into the topic. Fur, for example, ends with a map of 'Furry Animals Around the World,' while Scales explains how and why snakes shed their skin and Skin shows how human skin is made of three layers. One small quibble: the haphazard indexes are useless. All in all, these are worthy titles." --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
Children's Literature - Marilyn Courtot
With minimal text and large colorful photographs, beginning readers are introduced to skin. The blanket statement is that skin is the covering around an animal's body. Skin can have other coverings on it like the hair on a lion's body, or the fur of a polar bear, or the feathers of a humming bird. Skin comes in a variety of textures—dry and rough versus smooth and slimy, but no reason is given for these differences. Skin color can provide for camouflage helping animals hide from predators, skin also provides protection. Some animals shed their skin and humans according to the book lose about nine pounds of dead skin cells a year. That is pretty amazing. As far as human skin, there is a spread that shows the three layers and the components found in human skin. The text provides an overview. There is a picture glossary which uses the images from the book and an index. Part of the "Body Coverings" series which is part of the larger series entitled "First Step Nonfiction." The topics in the series include feathers, fur, scales, shells, and skin. Reviewer: Marilyn Courtot
School Library Journal
K-Gr 2—This series dishes out a lot of information in slim volumes, which all have one sentence per page and a single engaging photograph. Facts are abundant and clearly presented. The titles all end with pages that delve deeper into the topic. Fur, for example, ends with a map of "Furry Animals Around the World," while Scales explains how and why snakes shed their skin and Skin shows how human skin is made of three layers. One small quibble: the haphazard indexes are useless. All in all, these are worthy titles.
