cover image Scholastic Discover More: Reptiles

Scholastic Discover More: Reptiles

Penelope Arlon. Scholastic Reference, $12.99 paper (80p) ISBN 978-0-545-50509-3

This addition to the Scholastic Discover More series, which includes access to a digital companion book, looks at the characteristics common to all reptiles before examining snakes, lizards, crocodilians, and turtles. Readers are greeted by a giant closeup photograph of a pink web-footed gecko, which “drinks dew from its eyeballs in the early morning”; later, a “hall of fame” features framed photos of the smallest and “weirdest looking” reptiles (the Jaragua sphaero and thorny devil), among others. The crisp color images, strange-but-true details, emphatic prose, and wide variety of creatures form a vibrant portrait of this class of animals. Simultaneously available: Weather. Ages 7–10. (July)