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Zoom In on Backyard Animals
6 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Zoom In on Backyard Animals series.
These basic introductions to common backyard mammals offer cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple, choppy texts for emergent readers are adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers oddly conceived and/or hard-to-grasp size comparisons (e.g., regarding the largest deer species: "a moose weighs less than a soda vending machine"). Glos., ind. Review covers these Zoom In on Backyard Animals titles: Deer and Squirrels[crf1].
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
(4)
K-3
Zoom In on Backyard Animals series.
These basic introductions to backyard critters offer cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple, choppy texts for emergent readers are adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers oddly conceived size comparisons (e.g., "the largest grasshopper is longer than a baseball"). Glos., ind. Review covers these Zoom In on Backyard Animals titles: Bees, Earthworms, and Grasshoppers.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
(4)
K-3
Zoom In on Backyard Animals series.
These basic introductions to backyard critters offer cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple, choppy texts for emergent readers are adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers oddly conceived size comparisons (e.g., "the largest grasshopper is longer than a baseball"). Glos., ind. Review covers these Zoom In on Backyard Animals titles: Bees, Earthworms, and Grasshoppers.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
(4)
K-3
Zoom In on Backyard Animals series.
These basic introductions to common backyard mammals offer cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple, choppy texts for emergent readers are adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers oddly conceived and/or hard-to-grasp size comparisons (e.g., regarding the largest deer species: "a moose weighs less than a soda vending machine"). Glos., ind. Review covers these Zoom In on Backyard Animals titles: Deer and Squirrels[crf1].
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
(4)
K-3
Zoom In on Backyard Animals series.
This basic introduction to the common backyard bird offers cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple, choppy text for emergent readers is adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers oddly conceived size comparisons: "a cardinal is not quite as long as a basketball." Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
(4)
K-3
Zoom In on Backyard Animals series.
These basic introductions to backyard critters offer cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. Simple, choppy texts for emergent readers are adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers oddly conceived size comparisons (e.g., "the largest grasshopper is longer than a baseball"). Glos., ind. Review covers these Zoom In on Backyard Animals titles: Bees, Earthworms, and Grasshoppers.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
6 reviews
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