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Although not highly dynamic, these are fine choices to fill subject needs.
These books provide facts about two familiar birds. Reader-friendly
spreads offer easy-to-understand information on each bird's
habitat, physical appearance, diet, life cycle, and behavior.
Close-up photographs are prominently featured throughout.
Kid-friendly text, with highlighted vocabulary words, makes the
information accessible to young readers. Map. Glos., ind. Review
covers these Checkerboard Library: Backyard Animals titles:
American Crows and Hummingbirds.
Young adults will find good stories and some bits of information in the packed presentations, and there's plentiful background information to support curriculum and teaching.
Informative and downright gorgeous.
Andrew J. Russell's job was to "document one of the largest
construction projects ever attempted in the United States": the
building of a transcontinental railroad. In 1869 he took "The
Champagne Photo," famously recording eastern and western
track-layers meeting in the middle of the country. In a spacious
design, the well-written narrative is illustrated with numerous
archival photographs. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
The variety of animals may provide subject coverage, but kids looking for predators in action can find more suitable titles, such as Jim Arnosky's Tooth and Claw: The Wild World of Big Predators (Sterling, 2014), Camilla de la Bedoyere's "Animal Attack" series (QEB), and Gareth Stevens's "Animal Attack!" books.
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