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""Quiet, pleasing ink-and-watercolor pictures illustrate the text, and an attractive two-page classification chart shows 'Life on Earth,' divided and subdivided into categories. This picture book provides young children with a simple, informative, age-appropriate introduction to mammals.""—Booklist   ""Largely eschewing scientific vocabulary in favor of clear explanations (the terms 'vertebrates' and 'invertebrates' are introduced in a diagram in the backmatter), Rockwell’s text focuses on the concepts. The fine-lined ink-and-watercolor illustrations are as clear and straightforward as the text, with the carefully labeled renderings of the animals examined particularly meticulous. . . . A clear, respectful introduction."" —Kirkus Reviews   ""Ink-and-watercolor illustrations are detailed and complement the text nicely. . . . A solid option for classrooms and libraries""—School Library Journal   ""[Readers will] learn plenty about the ways that animals are categorized and classified."" —Publishers Weekly

"""Quiet, pleasing ink-and-watercolor pictures illustrate the text, and an attractive two-page classification chart shows 'Life on Earth,' divided and subdivided into categories. This picture book provides young children with a simple, informative, age-appropriate introduction to mammals.""—Booklist   ""Largely eschewing scientific vocabulary in favor of clear explanations (the terms 'vertebrates' and 'invertebrates' are introduced in a diagram in the backmatter), Rockwell’s text focuses on the concepts. The fine-lined ink-and-watercolor illustrations are as clear and straightforward as the text, with the carefully labeled renderings of the animals examined particularly meticulous. . . . A clear, respectful introduction."" —Kirkus Reviews   ""Ink-and-watercolor illustrations are detailed and complement the text nicely. . . . A solid option for classrooms and libraries""—School Library Journal   ""[Readers will] learn plenty about the ways that animals are categorized and classified."" —Publishers Weekly"

Quiet, pleasing ink-and-watercolor pictures illustrate the text, and an attractive two-page classification chart shows 'Life on Earth, ' divided and subdivided into categories. This picture book provides young children with a simple, informative, age-appropriate introduction to mammals. --Booklist Largely eschewing scientific vocabulary in favor of clear explanations (the terms 'vertebrates' and 'invertebrates' are introduced in a diagram in the backmatter), Rockwell's text focuses on the concepts. The fine-lined ink-and-watercolor illustrations are as clear and straightforward as the text, with the carefully labeled renderings of the animals examined particularly meticulous. . . . A clear, respectful introduction. --Kirkus Reviews Ink-and-watercolor illustrations are detailed and complement the text nicely. . . . A solid option for classrooms and libraries --School Library Journal [Readers will] learn plenty about the ways that animals are categorized and classified. --Publishers Weekly

Quiet, pleasing ink-and-watercolor pictures illustrate the text, and an attractive two-page classification chart shows 'Life on Earth,' divided and subdivided into categories. This picture book provides young children with a simple, informative, age-appropriate introduction to mammals. -Booklist Largely eschewing scientific vocabulary in favor of clear explanations (the terms 'vertebrates' and 'invertebrates' are introduced in a diagram in the backmatter), Rockwell's text focuses on the concepts. The fine-lined ink-and-watercolor illustrations are as clear and straightforward as the text, with the carefully labeled renderings of the animals examined particularly meticulous. . . . A clear, respectful introduction. -Kirkus Reviews Ink-and-watercolor illustrations are detailed and complement the text nicely. . . . A solid option for classrooms and libraries -School Library Journal [Readers will] learn plenty about the ways that animals are categorized and classified. -Publishers Weekly

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Lizzy Rockwell is the daughter of highly acclaimed children's book author and illustrator Anne Rockwell and art director and illustrator Harlow Rockwell. She has illustrated more than thirty children's books, including some in collaboration with her mother, and has written and illustrated several of her own, including A Bird is a Bird and Plants Feed Me. She lives in Connecticut. Find her online at https-//www.lizzyrockwell.com/

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