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K-3Zoom In on Rain Forest Animals series.
This basic introduction to the rainforest snake offers cursory facts about appearance, habitat, food, and life cycle. A simple (if choppy) text for emergent readers is adequately reflected in the accompanying photos. The appended "Quick Stats" section offers size comparisons; confusingly, the diagram comparing the twenty-six-foot long snake to a thirty-five-foot school bus shows the snake coiled up. Glos., ind.