Title: Amazing Animals: Elephants
Author: Kate Riggs
Publisher: The Creative Company
Publication Date: April 15, 2011
Rating: 5 stars
This fairly new series of books explores many animals from the world in a way that even young readers will love. Every few sentences is accompanied by a full-page picture. Children learn how much the animals weigh, what they eat, where and how they live, who their predators are, and other basics. There is also a short fable included in the back of the book about some aspect of the animal. For example, in the elephant title, readers enjoy the Rudyard Kipling tale about how the elephant got his long nose. Also included at the bottoms of the pages are definitions of big words. For example, in the Cheetahs books, there is a definition of cubs ("baby cheetahs"). Also, there is no discussion of origin, so parents need not worry about the ideas of creation vs. evolution that are presented within the book.
I look forward to seeing more of this series.
Title: Amazing Animals: Cheetahs
Author: Kate Riggs
Publisher: The Creative Company
Publication Date: April 15, 2011
Rating: 4 stars
Did you know that the oldest female elephants are the leaders of the herd? Or that a cheetah' tail is about 30 inches long?
That is pretty neat! I like the concept.
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