Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Informational Texts Book Blog #3

Title: Bald Eagles
Author and Illustrator: Lynn M. Stone

Publisher: Lerner Publications Company
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN Number: 978-0822530343

Amanda’s Rating: 4.2/5

Brief Summary: This book revolves around bald eagles.  It talks about where bald eagles are located globally, the fact that there America’s bird, what they eat, how they raise their young, and environmental dangers that they face.  The is a glossary of terms that may be of a higher vocab level.
 

Evaluation Statement: This is a fun book for children that want to learn about eagles.  Maps and pictures are used.  With the glossary in the back, young readers can learn new vocab words and have help with comprehension of the material.  There’s even a section for adults who may be looking for ways to use this book in other activities like writing and drawing prompts about eagles for students to do.  The author does occasionally use a lot of words per page, but for the majority of the book the pictures and text are balanced.  

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