Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves animals. Guess What: Big and Blubbery: Walrus provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the walrus lives. Additional text features, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
Interest Level | Kindergarten - Grade 2 |
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Reading Level | Grade 1 |
Dewey | 599.79/9 |
Lexile | 360L |
ATOS Reading Level | 1.1 |
Guided Reading Level | E |
Language | English |
Publisher | Cherry Lake Publishing |
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Available Formats | Reinforced book (9781634707190), Paperback (9781634707497), PDF (9781634707343), ePub (9781634709460), Hosted ebook (9781634707640), Kindle (9781634708579), MP3 audio (9781534125704), WAV audio (9781534127159) |
Copyright | 2016 |
Number of Pages | 24 |
Dimensions | 8.25 x 8.25 |
Graphics | Full-color photographs |
School Library Journal - Big and Blubbery
This series takes a follow-the-clues approach to help early readers learn to use species traits in order to confidently identify animals. The traits or “clues” start off vague (“I have more eyes than you”) and increasingly become more species specific (“I use silk to line my nest”). Each clue is paired with a photo that specifically corresponds to it (for instance, a close-up of a tarantula creating a nest). The final reveal comes at the end of each book, along with an “About” section that further defines some of the hints, occasionally using scientific terminology such as species, migrate, and nymph. VERDICT This series is sure to keep the interest of children.
Author: Felicia Macheske
Narrator: Timothy Cap
Glossary of key words |
Index |
Reviewed |
Sources for further research |
Table of contents |
Full-color photographs |