Stacey RoderickRezensionen

I like the style of the illustrations, and that each new page prompts the reader to guess what the next animal is. When the type of animal is revealed, the information that's provided about the animal is just enough to keep your interest and teach you a few things about that animal. I can compare this to another nonfiction picture book about insects I just read, where it felt like the author was trying to put too much information in there, and it just didn't flow very well -- I put it down without finishing the book. By contrast, this book has much better pacing. I could see using this as a good nonfiction title for early elementary school kids.

This book quizzes the reader by starting with a page spread showing an up-close detail of an insect (such as an eye, wing, etc.) and asking which type of insect has that feature. The next page shows the answer, complete with a full image of the insect and some facts about it.

This book provides great illustrations of the various insects, done in a style reminiscent of the paper cutting technique. The picture book format allows for a great readaloud, especially with elementary school-age children who will love guessing the answers.

If you think insects are cool, this is a fun, interactive way to learn more about them!

This is a great book to use when learning about animals, specifically birds. This book demonstrates different types of Birds, what the birds strengths are, and what distinguishes them from each other. Each bird has a picture that is an accurate depiction of how it looks.

This is an informative and engaging nonfiction text for young readers. A page spread shows an up-close part of a bird (such as a beak or wingspan) and asks the reader what kind of bird it is. The following page spread then announces the answers, has an illustration of the full bird, and provides a few facts about that particular bird. The illustrations are bright and lively, done in what appears to be a papercut style. The result is quite beautiful. And it doesn't hurt that my favorite bird of all -- the peacock -- graces the cover!

Interesting book for reading to the kids but not so interesting to hold my grandson's attention.

This is a great way for children to learn about different animals that live in the ocean. This book shows children different parts of the animal close up and then explains what it is by showing the whole animal from a distance.

Ages 3-7
Pierce College Library

What a great little book to introduce young children to creatures that live in the ocean. Each creature is introduced by a closeup of one part of their body (head, eye, mouth, fin etc.). It asks if you know "What ocean animal has a _____ like this. It then gives the answer, as well as facts about the animal specifically about the part of the body that was highlighted. There are a lot of the fun facts to learn by reading this book. There were a lot of things I did not know before I read this book and I am sure children will love the question/puzzle aspect of the book. This is a great book to read to your kids, and have them look at the pictures, and get interested in the life of ocean creatures.

This would be a great book to have in primary classrooms, especially when teaching about animals, habitats and adaptations.

I received a copy of this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A very fun book about bugs! This book engages young readers in a guessing game. Eight different bugs are introduced using a closeup of one particular body part. When you turn the page, there is a full two-page spread with the full bug shown and text describing about it's characteristics such as what it eats, protection, how it moves etc. These explanation provide facts that are sure to encourage further interest in the bugs. Some of the bugs are the common ones you would think of such as "the ladybug" and others are unique ones such as "the rhinoceros beetle". The illustrations were amazing. They were done with cut paper, layered and textured. This gave the bugs an almost 3-D look. At the end of the book there were another seven bugs introduced who have unique body parts as well as a quick description of what is included in the bug group they are referring to in this book. A great book for primary classrooms introducing animals, particularly bugs and insects. A wonderful addition to any school, public or classroom library. The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley.

I quite liked this lovely little book. It has great paper cut illustrations that make it part bedtime picture book. The information on the birds, is short and put in such a way that it feels less of a nonfiction primer, and more of casual glance at the bird world. I love how the author mixed up the birds and mentions ones that are not usually found in kids picture books. There are Blue Footed Bobbies, Arctic Tureens, etc. Overall a lovely edition to any collection.

I enjoyed this book. I have always had a fear of bugs and did not know much about them, which I feel plays a large role in my fear. This book would be a wonderful addition of a science collection. This book was about the features of different bugs like millipedes and dragon flies.

This is your typical what bird has a face like this or a tail like this similar to Steve Jenkins' books. I like the idea and I don't think it is overdone. The illustrations are worthy of 5 stars, but there are 2 birds in this book I have never heard of. I doubt an elementary or preschooler would have heard of them either. You can't ask children what bird has a body like this or wings like this for uncommon birds.

This is a very attractive nonfiction picture book with bright cut-paper collage illustrations. One at a time, the illustrator, Kwanchai Moriya, presents images of unique body parts belonging to eight different birds. The author, Stacey Roderick, then asks young readers to play a guessing game by naming. the bird the feature belongs to. A short paragraph follows for each bird, describing what is so special about that head, or beak, or pair of eyes, as well as some general information about the animal.

Some of the birds will be very well known to young children, such as the owl, the hummingbird, the peacock, and the flamingo. However, some of the facts presented about those more commonly known birds might be surprising. (For example, a hummingbird uses its long flexible beak to reach the nectar in tube-like flowers, but it also has a long tongue—that kids may be unaware of—to do the sipping. The bird eats small insects as well.) I was impressed that almost half the birds discussed in the book—the Arctic tern, the kiwi, and the blue-footed booby—would not be familiar to most of the kids I know.

I learned a lot of interesting little facts myself from reading this short colourful book, including the following:
1. While most birds’ bones are hollow to facilitate flight, the flightless kiwi, with its underdeveloped wings, has heavy bones and no tail.
2. The Arctic tern flies all the way from the Arctic to Antarctica and back again each year.
3. When it’s mating time, both the male and female blue-footed booby look for a partner with the bluest feet—a sign of good health.
4. An ostrich’s eyeball is larger than its brain.
5. A bald eagle’s eyesight is six times sharper than a human’s.

This book provides a lovely, accessible introduction to birds. With its bold illustrations and just-right length, it would make a perfect nonfiction read-aloud for kids in grades one to three (6-8 year olds).

Recommended.

Thanks to Net Galley and Kids Can Press for providing a digital copy for review purposes.

Informational book about bugs with game included. Ages: 3-7. Source: Pierce college fort steilacoom library early childhood shelves.

I like the style of the illustrations, and that each new page prompts the reader to guess what the next animal is. When the type of animal is revealed, the information that's provided about the animal is just enough to keep your interest and teach you a few things about that animal. I can compare this to another nonfiction picture book about insects I just read, where it felt like the author was trying to put too much information in there, and it just didn't flow very well -- I put it down without finishing the book. By contrast, this book has much better pacing. I could see using this as a good nonfiction title for early elementary school kids.

This is a great informational book for students that are learning about animals in their science class.
This book would be suitable for kids in second grade. A good follow up activity for this book would be to have the students pick an animal from the ocean either from the book or any other animals that were not described in the book and describe what they would be and what their features would be.

This book has amazing illustrations in a fun guessing game book about bugs. There are other books by the same author/illustrator combination about dinosaurs and ocean animals that can all go together with some Steve Jenkins books for very entertaining non fiction reading.

One thing I really liked about this book was that it would show a zoomed in picture of the animal and have the students guess what it was and then from that the book would describe the animal using that attribute which in most cases is distinguishable when looking at it.

This would be a great read aloud for a younger group of students. It goes through a lot of well-known sea creatures, and this would be a great way to start developing their knowledge of what lives in the ocean. Some of the animals that it talks about is the colossal squid, blue whales, moray eel and sailfish. What I love most about this book is that before giving all the information about the animal it asks a question like, "What ocean animal has a fin like this?" Which would be a great way to promote discussion and touch on students background knowledge. the following page after the question reveals the animal that the physical feature belongs to. It tells us what the feature helps them do and some other information about their speed, or what they eat.

This nonfiction book uses a guessing game to introduce eight different ocean animals and some unique aspects of their bodies. In the beginning, the readers are shown a close-up illustration of an unusual part of an animal's body and asked to guess its owner. Then the following page reveals the animal's name, along with an illustration of the whole animal in its habitat. This book has notable features such as accurate facts about ocean animals. I would use this book to introduce the topic about ocean animals in a science class.

I enjoyed reading "Dinosaurs From Head to Tail" for three reasons. First, I enjoyed that the book was very informational. The book includes a variety of different dinosaurs and includes facts about them (a tyrannosaurus has a jaw full of 50-60 sharp teeth made for chomping flesh and bones)! Second, I enjoyed how before each dinosaur was exposed, the author would put a clue on the previous page (the author may say "what dinosaur had claws like this"? Then there would be a illustration of a claw. On the next page would be the name of the dinosaurs and some facts about it). Third, the illustrations made me laugh. Although the book is about dinosaurs, the illustrations are far from realistic or scary. The illustrations hardly look like dinosaurs at all. "Dinosaurs From Head to Tail" is an informational text about 8 different types of dinosaurs. In the back of the text, there is a small section with a little description of other dinosaurs. The big idea behind the text is to provide factual information of dinosaurs. This is a children's informational text based on the illustrations and text provided.

This is a book with a guessing game. Readers have to guess what the sea creature is based on a close up of body parts. The illustrations are fantastic and the facts are simple for young readers. This is very similar to Steve Jenkins books, but for a younger audience.

Each of the eight ocean animals portrayed in this book are presented first just showing an interesting part of its body, and the reader is asked to say which animal is it. Only then the whole animal is introduced, and information about it, specially the purpose of its body part, is given. That's how you get to know the hammerhead shark, colossal squid, blue whale, eel, sailfish, sea turtle, sea anemone and seahorse, from head to tail.

The text is very accessible, and the facts interesting. The reader learns how all those "weird" looking eyes, tails, tentacles, etc., are of great use for hiding, swimming, hunting, or scaring predators. The collage like illustrations are very appropriate for the age range.
Very interesting non fiction picture book which includes animals, science and art.

There is a previous book in the series, Dinosaurs from head to tail, that I plan to read soon, and I really hope to see more books in this series in the future.

I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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