Forest Food Chains
Gr. 2-4. Kalman defines food chains (a pattern of eating and being eaten) and describes several different examples that exist in temperate forests. She explains energy pyramids and the levels that plants, herbivores, and carnivores occupy, and she clarifies how food webs intersect. Large print and numerous illustrations (clear color photos and charts) make for attractive double-page spreads that will be easy for young readers to navigate. Occasionally, the photo captions repeat information from the text, but given that some children may peruse only the text or only the captions, the repetition may not be a bad thing. Scientific terms are defined within the text, and an appended glossary defines general terms not explained elsewhere. A good choice for science classes or beginning report writers. Other books in the Food Chains series includeFood Chains and You.Kay WeismanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to theLibrary Bindingedition.