CHAMBERS, Catherine . Threatened Wetlands map. ISBN 978-0-7787-5214-1 ; ISBN 978-0-7787-5231-8 . LC 2009034867. LEVETE, Sarah Catastrophic Weather maps. ISBN 978-0-7787-5210-3 ; ISBN 978-0-7787-5227-1 . LC 2009034873. LEVETE, Sarah . Destroying the Oceans diag. map. ISBN 978-0-7787-5211-0 ; ISBN 978-0-7787-5228-8 . LC 2009034876. LEVETE, Sarah . Habitats and Wildlife in Danger chart. ISBN 978-0-7787-5213-4 ; ISBN 978-0-7787-5230-1 . LC 2009034866. LEVETE, Sarah . Toxins in the Food Chain diag. map. ISBN 978-0-7787-5215-8 ; ISBN 978-0-7787-5232-5 . LC 2009034883. ea vol: 32p. (Protecting Our Planet Series). photos. reprods. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Crabtree 2010. PLB $19.95; pap. $8.95. Gr 3-6 These books have a great deal of information packed into them. The left-hand side of each chapter spread addresses a specific topic and includes a box with a quote from an agency, a group, or an individual active in environmental protection. The recto continues the text from the left and includes a boxed case study that serves as an example for the point being made in the main narrative. A small, captioned inset illustration is also included, and, on some pages, a Fact bank provides several bullet-pointed tidbits, or a pink box addresses a question such as, What Can be Done? All of these elements are set on top of a faintly printed, full-spread background illustration, which is sometimes distracting and often interferes with the text. Still, the information here is solid. All of the authors include concrete examples from around the globe. Though no political agenda is espoused, their passion for the planet comes through as their writing style is more energetic than in the other series reviewed here. In fact, as in ABDOs Future Energy (see below), the books have a distinct undercurrent of frustration that although there have been signs for some time that the condition of Earths environment is becoming dire, not enough time or effort has been spent trying to find a solution.