Rose-colored glasses expose quite the menagerie in the irresistible, jumbo-sized Illuminature, created by Italian designer Carnovsky and written by Rachel Williams (Atlas of Adventures; Atlas of Animal Adventures). Ten of the world's most biodiverse environments--and 180 animals--are "illuminated" by a "magic" three-colored lens strip (snugly stored in a pocket on the inside front cover) that makes creatures and plant life pop into view from several overlaid, multi-colored pages. Look through these cardboard-framed lenses (red for daytime animals, blue for nighttime/twilight animals and green for habitat) on the "Observation Deck" pages to find the rearing blue wildebeest of the Serengeti plains, the howling Eurasian wolf of the East Siberian taiga and the bizarre crocodile icefish of the Weddell and Ross Seas. Then turn to the "Species Guide" that visually highlights and briefly describes each creature. Readers of all ages will fight over this one like two chattering Sonoma chipmunks. --Emilie Coulter, freelance writer and editor