This is a great series to introduce children to various biomes, using examples found in North America. The layouts are visually appealing and include informational sidebars, which don't distract from the main text. The narrative is well-written, engaging, and full of sensory details, which makes it an excellent book to read aloud.

For further exploration, this book pairs well with "Tropical Rain Forest" from the "One Small Square" series by Donald Silver. ( )

A technical look at the aspects of a Rain Forest.

I would use this book in a 3rd, fourth or fifth grade classroom and in a middle school science class. I believe that this book will work best in an upper level elementary school classroom or middle school classroom because of the level of difficulty of the text. This would be a great book to use as a part of a lesson as a readaloud book or use a section as the text. ( )