I just finished looking over the book "The Puzzle of the Platypus and Other Explorations of Science in Action" by Jack Myers and I think it is a very good book for children. It explains some fun facts about animals clearly and simply without being wordy. There are lots of color pictures that support the ideas and explanations of how the scientists proved the facts to be true. I liked this book for late elementary school to early middle school age children.

I also looked over "Black Stars in a White Night Sky" by Jon Arno Lawson and I found it interesting. It is filled with thought provoking poems. Some of the poems are cute or funny and some just make you stop and think for a moment. The pictures accent the poems without ruining the meaning of them. When you start to read this book it's hard not to read just one more page. It seems appropriate for middle school children or young adults.