Big, bright photographs and simple text characterize these introductory books on life science topics. The concepts are very basic, such as the fact that many of our foods come from plants, and that some animals have backbones while others do not. The activities designed to further the understanding of these ideas are correspondingly simple. Glos., ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.