Follow the Leader

From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 1?Using the familiar game as its theme, Follow the Leader follows one polar bear as he guides his less-confident friend through several activities by example and by offering encouraging words. Ford's delightfully clear, full-color photographs are complemented by her simple text, allowing youngsters to "hear" the leader's voice. Her pictures also show the hulk of polar bears and the fun this pair seem to be having in their snowy surroundings. This offering is quite similar to Little Elephant (Greenwillow, 1994), Ford's collaboration with her mother, Tana Hoban; both photo-essays lend human characteristics to animal relationships. Very appealing.?Susan Garland, Maynard Public Library, MACopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. From