The books that make up this collection are educational reference books that address the classification of living things. They are illustrated in colour and are written for children at primary school age.
A lot of information, but organized in a very cluttered manner. Each spread has several different photos, plus up to six different text boxes (including the photo captions) that provide disjointed bits of information. I can't imagine any kid retaining much from this book - it just overwhelms. Not a fan.
These books have been the backbone of my classification of animals unit for the last two years. They're structured beautifully, beginning with the taxonomy chart, and then showing the breakdown of the various orders within each class.
The rest of the book then takes a closer look at each of the orders and what makes them different from the other animals in that class.
Plus the pictures are lovely and frequently come with captions containing fun or interesting facts.