Students are asked to guess whether the objects are animal, plant, or mineral. Answers and explanations appear below each picture. For added fun, each page contains a well-hidden image of the book's creator. Stimulating and challenging visual puzzles. Rhyming text and labelled illustrations of animals describe the many types of mammals, their similarities as a classification, varied habitats, and differences in appearance.
Hilarious illustrations depict the incongruous consequences of animals in clothes.
Each double page focuses on the plight of a different animal. Anna tells how finding her old red sled brings back happy memories of the good times she and her mother have enjoyed sledding. This is a nostalgic view of parental love. Soft, gentle colour illustrations by Aikiko Hayaski effectively present the changes in expression as Anna moves from boredom and loneliness to joyful play. Anna's family has recently moved to a new house and she has no playmates.