Great non-fiction book all about animals and bugs

This book was an informational text that was filled with information on dangerous animals. It featured all kinds of dangerous animals and described many details about them. I thought this book was fascinating and extremely informational, I really enjoyed it. In particular I liked the layout of pages, the detailed writing, and the illustrations. The pages were laid out in a way that really grasped the reader’s attention. There was always a title and a chunk of crucial information, and then random facts and illustrations distributed throughout the page. For example on page 10 there was a title “Tusks, Horns, and Antlers: Elephants and Hippopotamuses” followed by a paragraph with basic information. I really loved the way they used photographs, illustrations, and diagrams dispersed throughout small facts and captions. This page layout gave the reader a lot of different things to focus on and learn about. I also loved the descriptive writing. The writing helped the reader really learn the details about these dangerous animals. On page 17 there is a small fact that says, “Did you know? The powerful owl hunts prey at night. Sometimes it holds any remains of the prey in its talons all day…” This sentence is a great example of the amazing descriptive writing that helps the readers imagine and learn about different aspects of dangerous animals. Lastly, I think the illustrations really made this book. Without the detailed, complex illustrations the reader may have become bored with the great amount of facts and information. It was a very good tactic to include illustrations and diagrams to match with the text so that readers could see a visual of the information. The main idea of this book was to teach readers about the different kinds of dangerous animals. I think this informational text was awesome! ( )

A terrific subject, and a lot of good information, but the illustration could have been better. ( )

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