Author: Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz, Illustrated by Sarah McIntyre

ISBN: 0974841129

The following review was submitted by:  E.Dian Moore &  To read more about Dian Moore’s reviews click HERE

Get out your passports, located at the back of The Adventures of Reilly: Mission to Madagascar and join Riley and Uncle Max as they search for the endangered Aye-Aye Lemur. Supporting characters, Aunt Martha and a star struck cousin Alice, join forces with a husband and wife film crew to document the Aye Aye Lemur who is dangerously close to becoming extinct.After a couple days of no sightings, Riley is surprised at the sight of two lights outside his window -- the eyes of the Aye-Aye.

 Fifth in The Adventures of Reilly series, Mission to Madagascar continues to entertain and educate young children about the ecosystem and the animals that live in it.  Illustrated with actual photos of the animals, 8 out of 10 of which are found only on the small island of Madagascar, Mission is able to educate with pictures as well as words. Readers will get the scoop on Hissing Cockroaches, Parsons Chameleons, Painted Mantella Frog and a Fossa, among others.

I took this book on a flight to Philadelphia, and by coincidence, sat next to a father with his young son, age 7. I offered the pair the book to pass time and was delighted to watch the boy's reaction. A quick flip through of the pictures, and he immediately saw the included passport and stickers -- devices scattered throughout the book to give the young reader an activity to prove their progress through the book. He and his father spent several minutes examining the pictures and the facts about the animals.

Author and photographer Lumry, and series co-creator Wenger, travel the world taking photos and speaking to children about the importance of protecting our environment and conserving wildlife.

Mission includes a glossary and sidebars of facts from the noted scientists

Suitable for home or classroom and ideal for home-schooling and afterschool activities, Mission is a enchanting journey into other worlds and a doorway into exotic lands with introductions to unusual animals.