Kindergarten-Grade 2. These titles look exciting and promising, but prove to be disappointing in content. They use an appealing question-and-answer format to discuss color, nature, the human body, and weather. Full-color photos are splashed on the pages surrounded by blocks of text in a kind of scrapbook layout. However, the explanations assume a great deal of background knowledge. For example, "Why do things come in lots of different colors?" is answered with, "Most objects are colored by dyes or pigments. Dyes dissolve in water and color things like clothes, paper... Pigments coat surfaces and are found in things like paint." What are dyes? What is pigment? No glossary is provided and these questions are unanswered. "Why are pink flamingos pink?" "Flamingos eat so many shrimp and other pink creatures that it's no wonder they're pink from beak to toe.
