Amazing Snakes! is a shorter book that is put out by the Wildlife Conservation Society, and is considered to be "An I Can Read Book." This book is appropriate for first and second graders and would be useful as an addendum to a science lesson or in a science center. I have read this book to my son a hundred times but he still loves it because it has great pictures of all types of snakes and most of them look very scary. Vocabulary words such as "constrictors" and "venom" are broken down and defined for the children, and most of the pictures are close ups. This book discusses the rattle snake, boa, python, garden snakes etc. Pictures of snakes skins and eggs are incorporated and the author also discusses how a snake swallows it prey whole. I like this book because the story is long enough but not too long, it defines the harder words, and it goes into detail, but not too much detail. Readers will also understand more about snakes bodies, tongues, fangs and where snakes can hide when waiting for their prey. So if you are looking for a basic book with lots of detail about snakes, this is a good one. Other "An I Can Read Books" include: Amazing Tigers, Amazing Whales, Amazing Gorillas, and Amazing Sharks. One other important note is that it can only be ordered through Scholastic.
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