101 Freaky Animals By Melvin and Gilda Berger

          This book would also be good to use as an addendum to a science lesson or in a science center. I think it appropriate for students K-4th grade, although it would definitely need to be a read aloud in kindergarten and first grade because it does have some difficult words.
          There are several reasons that I liked this book: the cover alone makes you want to pick it up and read it, there are fantastic picture of unusual and odd animals and it goes in alphabetical order, and the blurbs are numbered! Very interdisciplinary!The first animal is #1: "Aardvarks have paws like shovels." Each animal has one sentence like that one, a paragraph describing it in more detail and a close up picture. #2 "Angler fish light up."There is also a picture of a fish with very sharp looking teeth. The whole book is like this up to animal #100: "Viper fish have teeth like needles." I have never heard of a viper fish, but here is the description: The viper fish has looks that can kill. It's bottom teeth are so long that they stick out of it's mouth. When a viper fish spots its prey, it heads towards it at top speed with it's mouth wide open. Slam! IT smashes into it's prey.......This paragraph might not be the best for the kindergartners.
          Other weird animals would include, dugongs, babirusas, capybaras, gulper eels, leafy sea dragons, stonefish, and tuataras. If you are curious as to what these animals are, you will need to read the book! The pictures are great and the book itself is very informative. I actually learned a lot. This book would also be good to help students chose a research project etc.