This is more of a 3.5 star book. The subject is important, informing readers about animals that are in danger of disappearing from our world, but the pages work best when open only 3/4 of the way; when fully open, they don’t pop that much nor do they close that easily. And though no fault of its own, a pop-up book has only limited circulation in a public library.

Each double-page spread features one animal, and while there are some very familiar animals like the tiger and the gorilla, there are also some lesser known animals like the okapi and the kakapo. The area of the world in which each animal is found is printed in the top left corner while the name of the animal along with one interesting fact is printed in the bottom right-hand corner. The overall design of the book is very clean and the color palette is appealing and stylish. This is an attractive book but will only have limited circulation due to construction and binding.

Reviewed by Jill O’Connor, Falmouth Middle School