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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