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Type of bind: School & Library Type of bind
Dewey Decimal Number: 597.96
EAN num: 9780613121149
ISBN number: 0613121147
Label: Topeka Bindery
Manufacturer: Topeka Bindery
Quantity: 1
Printing Date: 1999-10
Publishing house: Topeka Bindery
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 587476
Studio: Topeka Bindery
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Product Description:
This Level 2 book is perfect for children who are beginning to read alone.
Longer sentences and an expanded vocabulary make this series of 48-page books slightly more challenging: Level 2 is appropriate for children who have started to read but still need help. Information boxes full of background information will stimulate inquisitive minds. These books contain between 700 and 850 words, and they are approximately 70 percent pictures and 30 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.
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My two young sons (now ages 6 and 4) have a large collection of DK Readers books. They love snakes, spiders, bugs and micro monsters (ugh).
I regularly read these to my sons at bedtime. The books are not scary (there's no blood & guts), so don't worry about nightmares. Nope, these books are gold mines of vocabulary words. Trust me, six-year old have no problem slipping in "egg-eating snake" and "molting" into a conversation...even at the dinner table.
A young boy or girl who really like snakes will love this book.
Check out my other Amazon.com reviews of kids books. Here's other DK Readers science books that I recommend:
* DK Readers: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) (Paperback)
* DK Readers: Munching, Crunching, Sniffing, and Snooping (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) (Paperback)
* DK Readers: The Secret Life of Trees (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) (Paperback)
* DK Readers: Plants Bite Back! (Level 3: Reading Alone) (Paperback)
* Micro Monsters: Life Under the Microscope (Paperback)
Rated by buyers 
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They're simple. They're informative. They're cheap. If your child is too young to read, they're perfectly good read-aloud books.
What more can you ask for when stocking your kid's library?
This book is filled with stunning pictures of snakes being snakes - so if you're squeamish, avoid it. If you're not, though, you're sure to love the snakes eating rats :)
One problem I *do* have with it is that not all the information is well-integrated into the text. There are too many little "fact boxes" on the pages. These just distract from the main text, and make the book harder for beginning readers. All information should have been written as a cohesive unit, not as a page with a separate little box of information.
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My son is 7 1/2 and just getting to the point where reading is less of a chore. This book has many of the skills he needs to practice and does so in an informative, engaging way. Lots of the words end in "silent E" or "ing"...I'll have him read a couple of pages a day and these small, consistent efforts are really yielding fruit. I should warn the squeamish that there are pics in there showing snakes eating rats and other animals. But 7yo boys are notorious for finding such stuff cool (so do I). Highly recommended.
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I just learned to read in very first grade. The pictures were so great that I really wanted to read it. I started and finished in one day. I don't like reading that much, but I don't mind reading when it is something cool like snakes!
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