El Zorro (The Fox)

Criticas

Gr 3-8-Several features recommend these selections for upper elementary and middle schools, and for public library collections: Excellent color photos on every page, sufficient details for school reports, a summary of facts at the end of most volumes, and a consistent organizational scheme throughout the series. Topics covered in each book include physical appearance, special traits, social life, eating habits, mating, offspring, and the specie's relationship to humans. [See review of Wild Cats and Marine Animal series on p.64.] Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Children's Literature

Barrett's book in the "Wild Canines!" series is written factually, with little pretense of interesting readers who are not naturally curious or researching the topic of foxes. However, for those readers with a drive to continue through the less-than-stimulating prose, Barrett yields many interesting details about foxes. For example, foxes are not strictly carnivorous, and the red fox is the only canine capable of climbing trees. The book is clear, and well researched with an useful glossary. Like its companions in the larger "Wild Animals!" series, this book contains chapters on the animal's physical characteristics, distinguishing traits, social life, eating habits, mating behavior, rearing of its young, and relationship to humankind. The books in the series also include a glossary, a reading list (of limited use to non-English speaking readers), and an index. 2002, Blackbirch Press/Gale Group, Ages 8 to 10.
—Veronica Betancourt