A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up (Baby Animals)
Grade 1-3-These books follow three animals that live on nature  preserves from birth to independence. Each page includes a few  sentences of large-print type about the featured animal's life  and development and a full-color photo. Puck, a Caribbean  flamingo living at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL, has parents that  take turns watching over him until he is about seven months of  age. Sidney, an orphaned harbor seal, is rescued by Seal Watch  at about three weeks of age, and finds a new home at a  sea-mammal center until she is ready to be returned to the wild.  Finally, Kipper begins life in his mother's pouch not much  bigger than a kidney bean. During the next 13 months, he learns  to hop, climbing in and out of his mother's pouch, and napping  in the hot sun at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane,  Australia. Students writing reports may need to supplement these  selections with other titles, as there is not a lot of detail  concerning habits and habitats. Overall, though, the books are  attractive and will enhance science collections.Roxanne Burg,  Thousand Oaks Library, CACopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.