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Animals Nobody Loves

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I really love the concept behind "Animals Nobody Loves," which combines an easy-to-read text by Seymour Simon with a wealth of full-color photographs. In his introduction, Simon notes, "Animals are not bad or evil. They do what they must in order to survive," This educational book focuses on various animals that have been unfairly feared or hated throughout human history.

Animals covered in the book include sharks, bats, grizzly bears, cobras, vultures, and many more, including two of my personal favorite misunderstood creatures: the rat and the hyena. As the book progresses Simon generally sheds some light on the myths surrounding each creature. The photographs are striking, although 2 or 3 may be a bit gory for some readers. Overall, a good book.

Story time with 23 preschool students can be wiggly, easily-interrupted time, but this book kept them rooted. The close-up pictures of icky or scary beasties had them wide-eyed and slack-jawed and even the ones who would lose their voices when asked any other questions were willing to chime in about if they would want this or that animal in their house (or bed, or bathtub) and why not. The pictures are big and fascinating. The information is real, no fairytale talking monsters here, and that is intriguing to them as well. I kept the book for a week and went a few days before showing it again. I was impressed with how well they remembered the information about each animal and it led to them requesting more books about whatever their favorite had been, shark, spider, bat, etc. It's well worth a read or two or three!

Great book and fast delivery, very good book, educational, recommend for all becoming teachers and teachers