Simple, readable text and clear photographs show a young girl exploring the bush and finding several animals and plants, and observing a rock wallaby colony. The designer has cut and pasted some images and used coloured text and borders to very good effect. Paul and the rainforest uses a similar approach and design to introduce some animals and plants of the rainforest. Shows how the strawberry plant has roots, grows flower buds, develops fruit, and how new plants grow from runners. The text is clear but the real strength of the book is the full colour photographs by George Bernard, which illustrate each point admirably.
Occasional drawings highlight some points.
This picture book about blue whales has been thoughtfully and unusually designed. Variations in the size of the lettering and snippets of information which follow the lines of the illustrations create visual interest and add emphasis. Under this statement and a drawing of the animal is an illustrated list of the things eaten. The great strength of the book is the way in which the form of this list changes to become a table and then a formal histogram presentation. The information about what the animals eat is surprising and interesting, and is based on what zoo animals are really fed.