Sharp Shooters (It's Nature) [Paperback]

Kathy Feeney (Author), Kay Underwood (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2001 | Age Level: 8 and up | Series: It's Nature

Each title groups a dozen of nature's creatures by their common amazing traits. Some are familiar, and many are bizarre and amazing.

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About the Author

Kathy Feeney is a full-time author, traveling all around the world to observe and write about wildlife in its natural habitat. She has authored four other books for NorthWord Press: Black Bears, Manatees, Koalas for Kids and Pandas for Kids. She lives in Tampa, Florida.

Kay Underwood is a freelance artist. She has illustrated six other NorthWord Press books: Shared Spirits, Ferocious Fangs, Rapid Runners, Surprising Swimmers, Weird Walkers, and Clever Camouflagers. She lives part of the year in Kodiak, Alaska, and part in Kula, Hawaii.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Northword Press (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559717947
• ISBN-13: 978-1559717946
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,713,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat Educational but Not Entertaining, December 12, 2004

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sharp Shooters (It's Nature) (Paperback)

This book contains some fascinating and interesting information on twelve different animals that shoot some sort of substance from their eyes, mouth or other orifice. What lets this book down apart from that there are only 12 animals (plus another eleven have a small paragraph on the back page as well) is that it reads like a textbook or school assignment. This makes it an effort to get through if the reader, and lets fact it a large majority of non fiction picture books readers are kids, is not really interested and actively seeking information on each animal.

This boring style is great for quotes in pieces of assessment but not for encouraging anyone to pick up the book and learn more about these and other animals. If you're doing an assignment you're probably going to be borrowing this along with other books from the library where you'll find quotes and information anyway and not looking at purchasing it. If you want interesting and entertaining or even 'cool' in the eyes of children writing style for this type of picture book get Youch! It Bites by Trevor Day or check out the Informania series, as if a reader whether a kid or adult is entertained along the way they are more likely to read the whole book and have the info they read actually sink in and retained.