Animal Babies in Grasslands [Hardcover]

Jennifer Schofield (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Animal Babies

Animal Babies in Grasslands shows mammals living in this lush and green habitat. From inquisitive prairie dogs to big-eared elephants, the charming images and clear text will engage children's interest immediately.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Reviewed with Jennifer Schofield's Animal Babies in Ponds and Rivers.

PreS-K. These two Animal Babies titles showcase wildlife photography of a quality not often found in books for preschoolers. Covering seven animals from each featured habitat, the books pair portraits of the winsome baby animals with information styled as first-person commentary ("When I feel hungry, I plunge my head under water and look for food") and a question ("Who is my mommy?"). The next spread answers the question both verbally ("My mommy is a duck, and I am a duckling) and visually (a large image of mommy and baby together). Initially the question-and-answer setup feels a little forced, but kids will quickly get the idea; soon they'll be identifying the more exotic creatures (meerkats, capybaras) and shouting out the technical terms for the animals' young (cygnet, joey). The curiously shifting type size is distracting, and at times the text is imprecise, but the captivating photos and child-friendly format make this a sound choice for an armchair trip to the zoo. Jennifer Mattson
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Review

Four Animal Babies titles feature close-up photos of the different offspring in the wild along with a couple of clues. (Publishers Weekly )

The captivating photos and child-friendly format make this a sound choice for an armchair trip to the zoo. (Booklist, ALA )

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Kingfisher (May 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075345789X
• ISBN-13: 978-0753457894
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,030 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very nice, October 21, 2004

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Melissa Sack (georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animal Babies in Grasslands (Hardcover)

Great ready for a book adventure to learn all about baby animals that live in the grasslands all around the world. We will see zebras, lions, elephants, kangaroos and more. Each page fatures a baby animal that ask who is my mommy. When you turn the page you see who the mommy to the animal is and read it's name and a fact about the animal.


The full color photos of the animals were great.


This book would make a great read aloud to kids ages 5-9 while learning more about grassland animals.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Book, January 23, 2008

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H. Spencer "Army Wife and Mom" (Fort Belvoir, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animal Babies in Grasslands (Hardcover)

We got this book as a freebie from the USO. It has been fun to read to my three year old. He loves guessing the name of the "mommy". The only reason I give this book a four is that the book seems to end very abruptly. Seems like they need a rap up page. I will probably look into the other books in this series!