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K-3Everyday Animals series.
This volume gives only the most basic facts about the common snake, with a choppy text faithfully describing what the facing color photo shows: "Garter snakes are long. They are thin." Still, this gives emergent readers good practice, and kids will appreciate that they may see garter snakes in their backyard. "Features of a Garter Snake" are summarized at book's end. Glos., ind.