%% This is a multi-book review: SEE also the title Amazon Basin. %% Gr. 3-6. From the Vanishing Cultures series, these well-designed photo-essays use full-color photographs to illustrate how people have adapted to their natural environments in different ways. Frozen Land introduces a family of Inuit caribou hunters living on the edge of Hudson Bay. Reynolds' photographs clearly show cultural differences (the family building an igloo, fishing at ice holes) and similarities (children teasing each other, making angels in the snow) as well as the snowy landscape and the tools of Inuit life. Amazon Basin takes readers to the rain forest to visit the Yanomama people and watch them gather food, swim, sing, dance, hunt and fish with bows and arrows, take their boats on the river, and participate in a mourning ceremony. While the illustrations dominate the pages, the accompanying text gives background information as well as explanations of what's happening in specific photos. The appended essays discuss the author's travels and the problems facing each culture. (Reviewed Dec. 1, 1993)

In the fascinating photo-documentary, Reynolds shares the struggles and celebrations of the Inuit, a people who are steeped in tradition yet embrace the future. The text focuses upon Kenalogak's daily activities, including ice fishing, preparing caribou skins, feeding and watering her father's dogs, and playing in the snow. A special celebration, the drum dance, is captured as Kenalogak's family completes a new igloo. A beautiful glimpse into a little-known culture.

Gr 3-6-Appealing full-color photographs and a simple but descriptive text introduce the traditional values and customs of an Inuit family living on an inlet of Hudson Bay. An introduction and an ``About This Book'' section provide additional information about the Qamanituaq people. The photographs capture the colors and feel of the Arctic land and these Eskimo people engaged in traditional activities. While many of the pictures are identified, some are uncaptioned, although they are indirectly defined by the accompanying narrative. Numerous Eskimo words, printed in italics, are defined. Fishing, hunting, skin cleaning, sewing clothing, customs, building an igloo, and drum dancing are described through the eyes of a young girl and her family. Reynolds shows respect for and sensitivity to the traditional life style. This title makes a unique addition to similar information covered in Russell Kendall's Eskimo Boy (Scholastic, 1992) and Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith's Arctic Hunter (Holiday, 1992), both of which are told from the perspective of boys. Although the scope is slim compared to Bobbie Kalman and William Belsey's An Arctic Community (Crabtree, 1988), J.H. Smith's Eskimos (1987), or Elizabeth Hahn's The Inuit (1990, both Rourke) by this book's focus on the relationship of the Inuits to their natural surroundings and the loss of traditional ways to the influence of foreigners who have come to the land, make this title a worthwhile purchase.-Roz Goodman, Bering Strait School District Media Center, Unalakleet, AK