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Snakes have no arms, legs, wings, or flippers. But you will find them slithering and swimming their way around almost every place on the planet. This book reveals fascinating secrets of these cold-blooded critters. Time for Kids Science Scoops Level 3.

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ISBN-13:	9780756948030
Publisher:	Harpercollins Childrens Books
Publication date:	08/15/2005
Series:	Time For Kids Science Scoops
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

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The editors of TIME For Kids^® are committed to informing millions of kids about the world and their place in it. As part of a national news organization, they bring expert and age-appropriate reporting and photography from around the globe to books, classroom magazines, and a website.

The editors of TIME For Kids^® are frequent visitors to classrooms all over the country. And the TFK Kid Reporters have appeared on The Today Show, CBS Morning Show, CNN, and Fox News.

TFK editors also publish the TIME For Kids^® Science Scoops series, giving kids the inside scoop on the world's most fascinating topics.

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This new series of early readers, "Time for Kids Science Scoops," is taken from material prepared by the editors along with Lisa Jo Rudy. Like any other early reader series, the books are leveled—Level 1 is targeted for beginning readers, Level 2 for developing readers and Level 3 is designed for confident readers. The full-page photographs have text boxes superimposed, but the judicious layout of the text boxes is such that no important information is lost from the images. The books in the series are nonfiction and while the text is at times choppy and often just a litany of facts, they are interesting facts. Snakes can be found almost everywhere in the world—the exceptions being Ireland, New Zealand and the North and South Poles. This is not a book for those who may have an aversion to snakes, but if you are curious about snakes then there are plenty of pictures and facts to keep the pages turning. The Level 1 books contain a words to know picture glossary, while Level two also adds a section of interesting factoids entitled "Did You Know?" Level 3 adds even another small section of "Fun Facts." Snakes! is a Level 3 book, guided reading level N-O, Spache reading level 3.25. Lesson plans can be found at www.harperteachers.com. 2005, HarperCollins, Ages 6 to 8.
—Marilyn Courtot

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Gr 2-3-In each of these sleekly formatted easy readers, a boxed text overlaid on color photo spreads outlines the chief physical and behavioral characteristics of the featured animal as well as distinctive characteristics of particular species. Ants and Snakes also mention natural enemies and defense mechanisms and include simple anatomical diagrams of representative animals. The best feature of all three titles is the photography. The enlargements of ants and bees, in particular, are so sharply focused that hairs on body parts, grains of pollen, etc., are plainly visible. Although the texts are clearly written, the first two books are flawed to some degree by oversimplification and the third by a factual error. For instance, Ants implies that the change from larva to pupa is immediate; Bees omits a description of the insects' metamorphosis. Snakes has a glaring error in the statement that "All snakes lay eggs." Other titles offer more detailed information, albeit without the excellent photography. Ting Morris's Ant (Smart Apple Media, 2004) and Joyce Milton's Honeybees (Grosset & Dunlap, 2003)-aimed at a slightly higher reading level-both do a better job of describing insect metamorphosis. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's Slinky, Scaly, Slithery Snakes (Walker, 2000) gives a more accurate description of snake reproduction.-Karey Wehner, formerly at San Francisco Public Library Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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