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Reptile (Eyewitness Books)

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This gift from my mother in law for my son sat unused on the shelf for about 2 years before he discovered it at the age of 6. Now suddenly it's the favorite "toy"; dragged to school, on short car trips across town and kept close during every spare moment at home. He knows instantly how to find his favorite spreads on the alligator snapping turtle and the crocodile skulls - invaluable for impressing his friends, teachers and complete strangers. This book inspired a very keen interest, to say the least!

Yes, the Eyewitness series is *technically* for an older reading level but they still make good picture books for younger kids because the pictures are visually stimulating and graphically laid-out on a plain white background (non-distracting). The information is also broken up into small groups of text next to specific photos or illustrations, arranged interestingly around the page. When a picture sparks his interest I can read about that item to my son and leave out other items until he's ready to explore further. In this way, our one-spread-per-night "story" time stays fun for his young mind without being overwhelming.

Just for example, the spread on Turtles and Tortoises starts with a technical definition in the main body, then the "tidbits" of info spread around the rest of the space give interesting anecdotes about their shells, common and uncommon species, turtle mythology, the largest turtle on record and Lonesome George, the last giant Galapagos island tortoise. Just enough educational material upon which to start research for a school paper, but not so much that it becomes discouraging.

What it all comes down to is, this book impressed me so much that I will be ordering several other of the Eyewitness series books as my kids grow, both for their enjoyment and as good reference materials for school. Excellent!

-Andrea, aka Merribelle

Many people overlook that dinosaurs were once reptiles and that Reptiles have been around for 300million years,because of it but those days are long gone and those giants have vanished from earth in which an incredible quantity of reptiles still thrive today such as crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles and many more. The diversity amongst reptiles is nothing short of amazing from the 8meter crocodile to the mood and color changing chameleon there are an incredible array of creatures at its very best built for surival. Most reptiles live on land and most lay eggs. We have always been fascinated by creatures that are as old as time itself especially crocodiles that are of an ancient lineage and are believed to have changed little since the time of the dinosaurs.They are a true predators of land and ocean in fearlessness with the strength to match in there powerful tenacity and survival instincts that date back 300million years ago that has been through it,s worst of times. We have an incredible fascination with reptiles we fear them but at the same time we respect their diversity and uniqueness in which their lineage has enabled them to spread throughout the world. Reptile eyewitness guide is an invaluable source of information packed with photos and reference material that are always a must to have in any libary reference filled bookcase. Reference books like Reptile are a guide in conserving them so that way that we can see and learn about them educationally but sometimes fear them becuase were very visual as species of animals in what we see with our eyes but in the end we have to learn how to respect them for being on this earth gently or otherwise they would become extinct.

Dorling Kindersley does it again. Their "Eyewitness: Reptile" book is full of beautiful photographs and fascinating facts. This book, as with the others in the DK "Eyewitness" series, can be enjoyed as casual reading by readers of all ages, as well as used as a helpful resource book.

I got this book for my grandson and he like it very much. I was please to see the condition that this used book was in, it was like new. I will use Amazon for future purchases I make. I am a new user to Amazon and will use again. Thanks for the great experiences I had useing Amazon this Christmas

This book was ordered for my 7 yr. old grandson. He was very happy with it.

This is a very good book and is my second favorite Eyewitness book coming after Eyewitness SHARK. This book tells about every reptile: Snakes, Allogators and Crocidiles, Lizards, Turtles and Tuateras.I love this book because it tells you very intresting facts about reptiles. You should buy this book because it is awsome!

My 3 year old son loves these books,and they have really helped get him excited about animals and nature. Now when we go for walks he can name every bug, bird, snake etc. that we see and tell me a little about them.

this book was a great deal, in really good condition, and my son loves it! Thanks!