Horn Book Review

Though a couple of the story lines aren't so bad, the gimmick of packing the books with words that include the featured letter makes for a disjointed, distracting reading experience (varying where the letter sound appears in the word helps somewhat). Alley's illustrations try their best to downplay the animal mania. Unnecessary last-page features include animal facts and phonemic awareness activities. [Review covers these Animal Antics A to Z titles: Kylie Kangaroo's Karate Kickers, Lana Llama's Little Lamb, Maxwell Moose's Mountain Monster, Nina Nandu's Nervous Noggin, Oliver Otter's Own Office, Polly Porcupine's Painting Prizes, Quentin Quokka's Quick Questions, and Rosie Raccoon's Rock and Roll Raft.] (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.