After providing brief introductions to the title continents, the books introduce readers to endangered animals from those areas. The language, while accessible, can be vague or incomplete. In addition to the vivid photos, each title's "Endangered Animals" spread is the most useful, featuring capsule descriptions of the animals and a continent map detailing where the creatures can be found today. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Save Earth's Animals! titles: Endangered Animals of Africa, Endangered Animals of Antarctica and the Arctic, Endangered Animals of Asia, Endangered Animals of Australia, Endangered Animals of Europe, Endangered Animals of North America, and Endangered Animals of South America.] (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Gr 3-4-Despite the skimpy page counts, these volumes offer useful introductions to the idea of endangered species by introducing either five or six rare animals on every continent. Each profile includes basic information about the animal's appearance, habitat, food, geographical distribution, and vulnerability. Some of the accompanying photos are filler-of the three pictures on a spread devoted to the golden lion tamarin, only one is of the creature itself; the other two feature its natural predators. Also, there are no definitions for "vulnerable," "threatened," "endangered," or "critically endangered." Still, these books are valuable consciousness raisers. Recommended web resources are relegated to the publisher's site. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.