This photographic Step into Reading Science leveled reader delivers a "you are there" Step 2 experience for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading.

Sherry Shahan's Feeding Time at the Zoo is a photographic introduction to the food all kinds of zoo animals eat. Did you know that polar bears enjoy fish-and strawberries? And that pigs love salad? With simple text, vivid pictures of animals and children, and facts on every page, this is a perfect choice for young animal lovers just learning to read on their own.

Sherry Shahan is a photojournalist in her regular occupation. Before writing Frozen Stiff, she was on a kayaking trip and experienced, as her protagonists do, the coldness, wideness, and loneliness of the icy landscape. In her leisure time she likes to canoe on the coast of her home state, California.