Oddities
From the Set Wild Wicked Wonderful
Dive into the Wild Wicked Wonderful world of the animal kingdom with the Top 10: Oddities. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of fascinating information and wild facts that will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index all enhance comprehension.
Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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Reading Level | Grade 2 |
Dewey | 590 |
Lexile | 300L |
ATOS Reading Level | 3.2 |
Guided Reading Level | Q |
Language | English |
Publisher | 45th Parallel Press |
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Available Formats | Reinforced book (9781634705042), Paperback (9781634706247), PDF (9781634705646), ePub (9781634709866), Hosted ebook (9781634706841), Kindle (9781634708975) |
Copyright | 2016 |
Number of Pages | 32 |
Dimensions | 7.5 x 9.5 |
Graphics | Full-color photographs |
Booklist - Top 10: Oddities
The 10 creatures profiled in this installment of the Wild Wicked Wonderful series might not be the oddest, but they’ll certainly satisfy students eager to learn about exotic animals. Proboscis monkeys, flying fish, scorpions, and anglerfish are among the creatures featured, and each section offers plenty of easy-to-read facts. Interspersed are accounts of very weirdly behaved organisms, such as the man with pica who ate an entire plane and the unidentified beast ex-sanguinating animals in North Carolina, that may make readers wonder why those oddities didn’t make the cut. Still, the high-resolution photos and very simple, almost jarringly direct sentences (“It tore their bodies. It drained the blood from their dead bodies.”) will make this go down easy for struggling readers. An inviting introduction to the world of weird critters.
Author: Virginia Loh-Hagan
Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author and educator. She is currently the Director of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Center at San Diego State University and the Co-Executive Director of The Asian American Education Project. She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs.
Author/Illustrator biography |
Glossary of key words |
Index |
Informative sidebars |
Reviewed |
Sources for further research |
Table of contents |
Full-color photographs |