The Moon of the Mountain Lions (The Thirteen Moons Series)
Grade 4-6-- This is not a simple reprint of the 1968 edition, but rather a completely re-written, newly illustrated edition. George has kept the original skeleton--accompanying a young male mountain lion on his seasonal migration from the tree line on Mount Olympus down to the coast of the Washington Rain Forest. She has, however, added new flesh and muscle, tightening her prose, eliminating anthropomorphism, inserting new material based on current observation. As always, her settings are ecologically accurate. The addition of a bibliography provides readers with further sources of information, and an index now allows for quick access to pertinent facts. The old black-and-white drawings decorating almost every page in the original edition have been replaced by ten full-color, full-page paintings by wildlife artist Parker, and the dust jacket boasts an eye-catching full-face portrait of this elegant predator. All in all, an excellent transformation. --Patricia Manning, Eastchester Public Library, NYCopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.