National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Animals [Hardcover]

 

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Animals [Hardcover]

 

By : Catherine D. Hughes

Customer Reviews

I bought a set of these to include in a unit on non-fiction text features for my Kindergarten/First Grade class. This book is perfect for several reasons. It is written at a level where early readers can do a lot of the reading themselves and use their decoding strategies to successfully problem solve unfamiliar words. Subject matter captivated their attention and helped underscore importance/use of many of the features we have discussed, i.e. contents page, photos, captions, charts, map, glossary, index. Just wish it showed better examples of labels, but that would make this book beyond perfect. Did I mention that I love this book? :)

Book includes 128 full color pages
All of the words/sentences are in large print
Headings are colorful and bold
Words are bigger words, more of a late K or early 1st grade reader
Very nice quality
I have a little animal lover, and this was a perfect book for him. He is 4, and just learning to read. I was worried that there wouldn't be that many pictures, or that it wouldn't be very long, but this is an excellent book! I was glad for all the previous reviews. This book was just as I hoped. Educational, wonderful photos, very good quality, and long. Lots of time spent by my son looking through this book, he can't quite read the words yet...a few more months.