"The Animal Book" may prove particularly popular with young readers, but adults too will be fascinated by this catalog of more than 300 animals and their characteristics and behaviors. Grouped under headings like "Family," "Animal Senses," and "Predators," the material is illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Steve Jenkins's marvelous cut-and-torn-paper artwork. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $21.99, 208 pp.)
