i never felt like i was missing any crucial information, quite the opposite, i could see there was a lot back story to the characters but this only made me want to pick the previous books, because i really enjoyed meeting them for the first time and i wanted to know more about them. live readings are an excellent way to get kids excited about reading and writing. some species school in groups as small as a few dozen and others have schools of a few hundred thousand. you can almost taste the e liquid by looking at the box. 