Face to Face With Orangutans (Face to Face with Animals)
The Face to Face with Animals series has a good thing going. It pairs text and photographs by top wildlife photographers with a brisk design and a large, horizontal shape that allows for plenty of arresting photo spreads. Although simians are no stranger to youth nonfiction, Orangutans still finds new things to say, from an interpretation of the animals’ speech (how to tell a gorkum from a lork from a grumph), to the tricky collection of their urine for analysis. Each book in the series features exceptional back matter, including sections called How You Can Help, It’s Your Turn, and Facts at a Glance. Grades 3-5. --Daniel Kraus