Katie Hesterman
Auteur van A Round of Robins
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Recommended age: 6-8 years
Writing style: A Round of Robins is poetry. The book consists of 16 poems in a variety of styles. Some are short, a mere three lines, while others are longer stanzas. This is definitely a book you will need to read to a child. It uses difficult vocabulary, like incubate, clutch, brood, and rustle.
Lexile score: AD620L
Decoding difficulty: 4/5
Vocabulary difficulty: 5/5
Sentences difficulty: 4/5
Patterns difficulty: 5/5
Illustration style: Colorful, warm, muted images. They are often described as candy-colored. The birds are anthropomorphized, which I didn't like, though it adds to the playfulness and emotions of the various scenes. For instance, a robin, when learning to fly, looks nervous while another robin encourages it forward. Some people may like this; others won't.
Reality-based: Yes. This is a nonfiction book about the lifecycle of robins.… (meer)