Claybourne, Anna Scanorama Amazing Animals, 30
pages. Silver Dolphin (Quarto), 2016. $19.
This interactive book contains a ton of information about a wide
variety of animal predators. It groups them a variety of ways: Biggest, fastest,
smartest, strongest, deadly, tiny, glowing, and more. Most of the facts are
little blurbs and interesting things, and some lift the tab images. Some pages
have size or chart comparisons. The big draw here is the four interactive x-ray
pages that allow readers to see the bones of various creatures like a honey badger, by moving a
slider.
I rated this book as optional only because integrative books
tend to get trashed easily especially in a library situation. I do think
students would really love this book though. It’s well written and interesting
and the illustrations and photos are engaging and well crafted. One
thing that could be done to make this book work for you library is to show the
student who is checking the book out how to carefully move the sliders. (or as
a class). Could be used by a teacher during a lesson on animal adaptions. Additionally, this book would make a great gift.
EL(K-3) – OPTIONAL. Stephanie Elementary School
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