Bishop, Nic. (2012). Snakes. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.
Genre: Non-Fiction
Lexile Measure: 850L
DRA: 40
AR: 5.5
Summary: Naturalist and photographer Nic Bishop explores the world of snakes. All snakes are predators. Some prey by hunting and others ambush their victims. Some snakes kill with venom, others kill squeezing their prey to death. All snakes swallow their victims whole, even if it is much bigger than the snake's head.
Reader response: The photographs by Nic Bishop are astonishing. They capture the beauty and horror of snakes. The photographs give the readers a chance to see fine details of snakes such as the large scales of the viper of Africa, the Asian sand viper camouflaging in the desert, and the fangs of the viper of Central America. In the author's notes, Nic provides information of his experience photographing snakes. Books by Nic Bishop can be use as resources during a research project about animals. They are full of facts and text features useful to teach reading and writing expository text.
Other books by Nic Bishop:
No comments:
Post a Comment