Allen, Kathy Giant Pandas in a Shrinking Forest

Allen, Kathy   Giant Pandas in a Shrinking Forest

Capstone Publishers 2011  32p      19.49  978-1-4296-5401-2           

elm/ms                       Fact Finders: Extreme (Capstone)  VG-BNe

           

This book shows how the decline of the Panda population

is directly related to their dwindling habitat. Readers will see what needs to

be done to prevent extinction.            

This text is crisply written and beautifully illustrated with a low reading level accompanied by informative photographs. The inclusion of resources, where to obtain more information, web

sites and a glossary make this a useful classroom/research tool.

     After the importance of an informative text, the most supportive factor of

this book is the pandas appeal to young readers.  The layout of the various

pages is diversified and well balanced between text and full color photographs

supported by fact inserts so that concepts are grouped together.  The flow and

balance of both the text and visuals are integrated to present a very

stimulating book for both young and reluctant readers.

     The author and illustrator have created a powerful book for classroom

teachers to show the cause and effect on animals when they lose their habitats.

            This book is one in the  _Animals on the Edge.   The series consists of

__6_ books at this time. The general theme of the series is __cause and effect

investigation___.         McNeil, Linda