ARG! Most definitely NOT recommended.  I’m not even sure I want to put it in my library.  It does have some nice features – great photos, a consistent layout, basic information outlined for struggling readers, with extra information added for those interested & ready to read a bit more.  I was almost ready to forgive it for being guilty of my biggest pet peeve with books written for early readers — when in their efforts to keep the text simple they oversimplify to the point of inaccuracy.  On the page about macaque monkeys, it states that, “During the winter, they warm up in hot springs.”  While this is certainly what is depicted in the photo chosen for the book, it cannot be said of all macaque monkeys, as they don’t all live where there is winter, let along where there are hot springs near by.  Then they compounded their mistake by putting a true/false quiz in the back, designed to test students’ comprehension of their reading, when they come right out and ask students whether it is true or false that, “Macaque monkeys warm up in hot springs.” Of course, their answer key declares this to be a true statement, even though it’s not necessarily so. Ugh!