Also illustrated by Paul Meisel: The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: The Dangers of Global Warming (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Anne Rockwell, illustrated by Paul Meisel Grades 1-2 32 pages Collins November 2006 Paperback     The dangers of global warming are presented to youngsters in a book that educates and empowers, even as it warns of a looming crisis that will most effect the next several generations. Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? discusses the rising temperatures, melting ice sheets, and higher water levels around the world and tells kids like it is, offering valid scientific fact in a way that young minds can truly grasp the importance of the material yet not be overwhelmed by it. Author Anne Rockwell, who also wrote Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, goes into depth exploring the causes and growing effects being seen worldwide of climate change, set to detailed and colorful illustrations by Paul Meisel. The book also offers some helpful ideas for things kids can do on a daily basis to put a dent in global warming, making this a proactive book that covers a serious subject without preaching or intimidating.   web reviews   Marie D. Jones/2007 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)