Amazing Snakes! (I Can Read Level 2 Series)

by Sarah L. Thomson

Overview

Featuring stunning full-color photographs from the Wildlife Conservation Society, this is the latest title in an exciting I Can Read Book series that takes readers into the amazing world of animals. The series explores the amazing animals that share our world and how we can help them survive.

If you were a snake, you could . . .

• sleep all winter!
• grow as long as a school bus!
• swallow your food whole!
• crawl out of your skin!

Amazing Snakes! is the fifth paperback edition in our exciting series of nonfiction Level 2 I Can Read Books, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060544645
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	12/26/2006
Series:	I Can Read Book 2 Series
Edition description:	Reprinted Edition
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	60,444
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sarah L. Thomson is the author of Stars and Stripes: The Story of the American Flag, a Nebraska Golden Sower Award finalist; all the Wildlife Conservation Society I Can Read Books, including Amazing Tigers!, winner of an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award; and What Lincoln Said, written with "admirable simplicity" (ALA Booklist). Sarah lives in Portland, Maine.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Amazing Snakes! “An engrossing introduction to a perennially fascinating subject.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

Gr 1-3-Clear color photos accompany an informative text in this easy reader. Habitats, physiology, hunting patterns, and prey are touched on, as is the snake's place in the animal kingdom and the effect human development has on these slithery reptiles. Similar in reading level to Lucille Recht Penner's more informative S-S-Snakes! (Random, 1994) and Patricia Lauber's nicely crafted Snakes Are Hunters (HarperCollins, 1989), this book will help fill the incessant demands for simple nonfiction on a popular topic.-Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Here's a way for emergent readers to get closer to snakes-much, much closer. Thomson presents an array of general but well-chosen basic facts that highlight her reptilian topic's common physical features and diverse behaviors, while clearly conveying the message that snakes play an important role in nature. Children are more likely to pore over the big color photos, however-most of which were shot within inches of a scaly body or staring ophidian face. With the exception of a rattler, the snakes here are not specifically identified, nor are there leads to further details for budding herpetologists to discover. Still, this easy reader provides an engrossing introduction to a perennially fascinating subject. (Nonfiction. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews