I can hear someone say, “Ahhh, just look at those precious golden eyes,” pictured on the cover of this young readers’ book for cat lovers. The book comes in four parts, not really chapters for this early level of reading: What Are Ocicats?, History of Ocicats, Coat of Many Colors, and Lively and Loving. To answer the first question, Ocicats are large, spotted, short haired  domestic cats named after Ocelots. The breed began in Michigan in 1964 by crossing Abyssinian and Siamese cats and then crossing those kittens with Abyssinians. The diagram on page 17 sums it up nicely: large slanted eyes, spotted coat, athletic body, long tail with dark tip, weighing 6 to 15 pounds, with a life span of 15 to 18 years.

Being that this book is written for a young aged reader there are usually only two sentences per page with 75% of the page filled with a color photo of this cat species.

Hero Therapy Dogs explains what therapy dogs are and what they do. It was explained in easy to understand terms with several short sentences on a page. The book offers text features such as text boxes, an index, table of contents, glossary, and further reading. I felt that it jumped from the hospital to school to hospital again. It also dedicates a page to a specific dog, but there is only text on the page and there is not a picture of the dog. This is the only page without a picture and left me wanting to know what the dog looked like.

This book is a part of a series called Survival Zone. This book covers what is an avalanche, how they occur, and ways to avoid or stay safe during an avalanche. It includes many text features including a table of contents, diagrams, text boxes, an index, glossary and further reading suggestions. The format is straightforward and informative. Students who are interested in disasters and survival would enjoy this book.