“This book ins an impressive children’s picture book… impressive because it was ( very well) written by an eleven-year-old girl… Lavish illustration by Marshall Peck clarify for children what the species look like as well as what their living environment is like. The book achieves the difficult goal of providing education through entertainment. The author makes a complicated issue accessible to young children and , in turn, sparks possible continued interest in a critical world issue.”---Small Press, Winter 1991.