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| Book cover from Candlewick Press |
Cate,
A.L. (2013). Look up! Bird-watching in your own backyard. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
*2014 Robert F. Sibert Honor*
This is an
informational book with a lot of attitude.
The author teaches how to identify and draw many types of birds just by
looking around anywhere you are. The
book is jam-packed with cartoonish bird drawings who all have something to
say. The book is well planned with its
arrangements of birds by color, feathers, habitats and more. It teaches various concepts about birds, such
as the variations in plumage in certain birds.
The combination of information and artwork help teach amateur
birdwatchers how and where to spot the birds in the book, and makes it a great
tool for bird lovers. The speech bubbles,
however, are very distracting at times, especially when the birds don’t seem to
have any new information to add, just a quick one-liner joke or random
thought. While these additions can be
funny, there are pages that are overloaded with speech bubbles and make the
page hard to read. This could be
difficult for some lower-level readers who may need more support understanding
the format. The book teaches many
concepts about birds, but probably shouldn’t be used as a definitive guide to
bird-watching, and will only be appealing to a small age group of children.
Recommended
Grade Level: 3-5
Recommendation:
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