With simple, informative sentences paired with beautifully detailed watercolor paintings, this title in the About Habitat series will introduce young grade-schoolers to grassland ecology across the world: the climate, the plants that grow there, and the wildlife that have adapted to survive in the large open spaces, including American bison on the short-grass prairie; wildflowers in the tallgrass prairie; giraffes, white rhinoceroses, and impalas roaming on the African savanna; and the maned wolf on the South American pampas. Readers will also enjoy turning to the spacious final notes, which offer more facts, as well as a bibliography. Great for classroom sharing.

Following the 2010 Gulf Coast oil spill, eleven-year-old aspiring ornithologist and "bird artist" Bouler created paintings in exchange for donations to the clean-up effort. Here she shares her love of birding, her own conservation efforts, and ways for others to take action. Though content is a little sparse, the book's message and design--including impressive original sketches--will successfully reach young environmentalists. Websites.