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Examining Bridge Collapses
These will be good additions where STEM topics need reinforcement and for collections that don't already own "Disaster Science" (Cherry Lake), which covers the same material.
Carrots Like Peas: And Other Fun Facts
While the lack of photos may be off-putting to some, this title is a nice choice for younger readers.
Pink Is For Blobfish: Discovering the World's Perfectly Pink Animals
A popular addition for larger collections or those in need of materials on nontypical animals.
The World's Biggest Amphibians
Young readers will find both the topic and treatment inviting as they are encouraged to interact with the text through questions and extensions.
American Beavers
These attractive volumes pack a lot of material into a compact package that will be useful in a variety of ways for young readers and adults working with them.
A Cat's View of the World
Solid contenders.
These books introduce the popular domestic animals in first-person narratives that cover behavior, physical features, and interactions with people. There's some inherent anthropomorphizing going on, but this pet's-eye-view premise is what will attract dog and horse lovers to the otherwise standard overviews. Photos nicely illustrate the text; highlighted words are helpfully defined on their spread. Common Core questions are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these First Facts: Pet Perspectives titles: A Dog's View of the World and A Horse's View of the World.
Enormous Ears and Soft Brown Hair (Moose)
Solid options, especially for educators teaching index use.
Descriptions of the habitat and physical appearance of an unnamed baby mammal and a question--"Who does this little baby belong to?"--begin these books about moose, orangutans, and giant pandas. Straightforward text explains family, diet, and growth, while large, close-up photos (all clearly labeled but some with odd graphics added) lend immediacy. "Fact file" and habitat map appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Whose Little Baby Are You? titles: Enormous Eats and Soft Brown Hair, Tiny Fingers and Fuzzy Orange Hair, and Tiny Paws and Big Black Eyes.
Bonobos
Great introductions to pro-social behavior for young animal lovers.
Large format, clear photographs, open pages, and unchallenging sentences recommend these books for young animal enthusiasts. Though the facts about each animal aren't extensively explored, readers get a sense of their caring and supportive behavior within their family groupings; the appeal of the subject matter speaks for itself. There are three other spring 2015 books in this series. Glos., ind. Review covers these Animal Friends titles: Bonobos, Bottlenose Dolphins, and Elephants.
An Arctic Tundra Food Chain
Purchase these for the wealth of information in the writing.
Illustrated with glossy, artistic photos, each slim volume features a continuous, sequential narrative of a food chain, beginning with a producer (plant) and moving through varied predators. For example, Prairie starts with bluestem grass and progresses through the differential grasshopper, prairie shrew, bull snake, and badger. Whole-page inserts about other species, such as the red-tailed hawk, somewhat interrupt the narrative flow. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Odysseys in Nature titles: A Desert Food Chain, A Mountain Food Chain, A Prairie Food Chain, A Rainforest Food Chain, An Arctic Tundra Food Chain, and An Ocean Food Chain.
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