About the Author

Stephen R. Swinburne is also the author of What's Opposite?, Guess Whose Shadow?, Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes, and What's a Pair? What's a Dozen? His other titles include Coyote: North America's Dog and Bobcat: North America's Cat. All titles are published by Boyds Mills Press. He lives in Vermont with his family.

Reviews

PreS-Gr 2-An attractive introduction to pattern recognition. The foreword discusses patterns and where they can be found in nature. The rest of the book is in larger type and has a much simpler text-one line per page, accompanied by vivid full-color photographs that clearly depict the design or idea under discussion. Patterns are described in both general and specific terms. For example, a grouping of clouds lasts "only a short time," and a spider's web is viewed as a series of spirals. The last section poses questions designed to help children think about their own environments. Readers will certainly enjoy looking at the eye-catching photos and picking out the repeated images, but the ideas generated should go far beyond that. This is a great springboard for discussion; kids will have a wonderful time looking for patterns wherever they go.-Arwen Marshall, New York Public Library