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This book presents a moderate amount of informational text about spiders for young readers. Even though this TIME series categorizes this book as a Level 3 (out of 3 levels): Confident Reader, it is simple enough for emergent readers to explore on their own or for guided reading with an adult. It is noted that the author has worked as a writer, editor, and teacher. Time Inc. is a widely popular and typically reliable source of information. The style of writing is clear and concise as it presents the content about spiders in easy to understand sections. The author uses simple yet catchy title phrases at the beginning of each chapter and interesting language leads to introduce the different text segments and draw the reader. It contains a combination of simple to more complex vocabulary for younger readers to understand and yet be challenged. The author uses a fun, conversational tone suitable for young children to deliver the factual and scientific material. The main topic is spiders, but there are randomly organized subtopics with information such as colors, shapes, sizes, and characteristics of different types of spiders, where they live, how they grow, their webs, behaviors, natural predators, and even a detailed illustrated diagram of their body parts. The chapters are well organized by the topics the author wanted to highlight with subheadings within the chapters to discuss various interesting facts to organize the information and make it easier to understand. The book contains a simple Table of Contents separated by chapters, along with the Did You Know and Words to Know sections to make it easy to access each section and to pique the readers interest; the Did You Know section is a summary of alluring facts from the text and Words to Know is a simple glossary, without pronunciations; it would be helpful if the words contained in the glossary were bolded within the text. There are also two additional sections that seem to be meant to entertain the reader, called Meet a Real Spider-Man and Fun Facts. The cover is a colorful, up close and personal, photograph of a spider. The book contains a combination of high quality and appealing photographs and illustrations with descriptive captions to support each text section, which are also credited in the beginning. A couple of fun fact sections about spiders sizes and webs are also included within the text for added enjoyment for the reader. This book is simple enough for early childhood yet fun and informational for all readers.… (meer)
 
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dersbowes | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 21, 2018 |
Bears is a simple informational text about, as you may guess, bears. Each page, or spread of two pages, is filled with a large and attractive photograph of a bear, accompanied with a text box filled with one to three simple sentences. The book begins by proffering some basic facts that can apply to all or most bears, and the latter half of the book focuses on particular bear species, giving very basic facts for each one. The sentences are appropriately straightforward and basic to encourage emerging readers, and the photographs are large and colorful, thus sure to be appealing. The book also includes two sidebars with amusing facts about bears. I would have preferred a slight organizational structure, such as introductory sentences to clearly explain that the first part is general information and the second part transitions into specific bear types. I understand that the editors wanted to simplify, but a couple of basic hooks or conclusions wouldn't have pushed the reading level too high. Also, the pictures are very nice, but a little boring in the constant use of full page spreads. I am just spoiled by DK's phenomenal presentation of nonfiction material for all age levels. Comparisons aside, this book is a nice package of easily digestible facts about bears that is appropriate for early readers.… (meer)
 
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nmhale | Jan 1, 2016 |

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5
Leden
377
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#64,011
Waardering
4.0
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3
ISBNs
20

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