Enslow 2010 32p 22.60 I Like Reading About Animals(Enslow)
978-0-7660-3329-0 elem VG-BNe
Animals and their athletic prowess are presented with full page photographs in this interesting and informative book for the young reader. Animals include the typical and the unusual, from the cheetah and the kangaroo to the gibbon and the leaf-cutter ant. Not surprisingly, most children aspire to be athletic. In this book, children learn that the definition of athletic is not “big, strong or swift.” Instead, children see the marvels of the animal world, small and large, weird-looking and wild, creepy and beautiful. The strengths of this book lie in the author’s choice of animals, the colorful pictures of animals in their natural habitats and the dual-presentation of both elementary and more advanced vocabulary for new and fluent readers. First, children learn which animals are the best athletes including which are the best lifters, the highest jumpers, the fastest runners, the hardest kickers! Faith Hickman Brynie’s choices of the cheetah, the mantis shrimp, the gibbon and the sperm whale, among others, show nature in all of its talented variety, and the text is interesting. In fact, with the pictures of each animal, she presents basic information about the animal’s skill followed by a more advanced description of the animal and its athletic ability for an older elementary school-aged student. There is a list of vocabulary words for new and advanced readers which has a pronunciation guide as well. At the end of the book, there is a list of sources to consult and an index. The sign of a good book which will promote literacy as well as knowledge of science is when, upon arriving at the end of the book, the child wants to keep on reading. This book guarantees it! Squaresky, Martha
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