cover image Animals Born Alive and Well (Sandcastle): 7

Animals Born Alive and Well (Sandcastle): 7

Ruth Heller. Grosset & Dunlap, $7.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-448-40453-0

Both simple and surprising, Heller's sprightly picture books use verse and unusually harmonious pictures to introduce the animal kingdom. Chickens lists some of the many good things that come in egg packages, while Animals mentions all manner of mammals. Ages 4-8. (Feb.)