Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Life Cycles: Grassland by Sean Callery - OPTIONAL


Callery, Sean  Life Cycles: Grassland  Kingfisher, 2011.  $6.99  PICTURE BOOK/NON-FICTION.  Content: G.  

This book covers some of Africa, North America and South American animals that live in the grasslands.  Some of the animals include: zebras, hyena, lions, vultures, cougars, prairie dogs, coyotes and rattlesnakes.  Each page layout is about one animal and there is a paragraph to describe what the animal eats and where it lives.  Each animal also has a life cycle explained with pictures and a section that has interesting facts about the animal.  At the bottom of the page is a picture of the biggest predator to threaten that animal.    At the beginning of the book is a picture of where grasslands are found in the world and at the back of the book is a North American food web to show how the animals affect each other’s lives.  There is also a glossary.  The descriptions are simple to understand and the pictures are interesting and clear.  I think there could have been a clearer way to explain when the animals were from different parts of the world.  Also, my biggest complaint is that the cover has a cheetah on it and there isn’t a single page in the book that covers cheetahs. 

EL (K-3), EL - OPTIONAL.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.

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