Giant
Snakes
By Seymour Simon
Did you know
that most boa constrictors are about as long as a car? I didn’t either until I read
this awesome book about snakes. This book is all GIANT
SNAKES facts! The book
talks about different snakes such as the boa constrictors, pythons, and the
different varieties of them both. The book also told me: “Giant snakes are the
longest land animals alive today.” I thought that fact was pretty amazing! I learned
that giant snakes have no outside ears! The mother snakes take care of their
eggs, but when the eggs hatch the snakes are on their own. This book is filled
with all sorts of neat snake facts that I had no clue about until I read it.
This
story about snakes is nonfiction, because it give us facts about snakes. This type
of nonfiction book is called informational picture storybook, because the book
identifies different kinds of snakes. The organization of this book is compare
and contrast. For example, it compares the boa constrictor to a python. The
book also has a lot of great pictures of snakes that help the reader understand
what the book is telling them.
This book seems so cool! Growing up my grandparents have always had snakes as pets, which is fascinating to me! My grandfather used to be a middle school science teacher, and he would bring his snakes and odd animals in to teach the class. This book could be a great opener into a science lesson or even to have some creepy crawly visitors in the classroom!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Hope! I think snakes are creepy creatures, but it was fun to read about the interesting facts you included from the book. You did a great job telling about the book and I think it would be fun to read.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I could have read this book. I HATE SNAKES! But congratulations for making it through the whole thing :) I like the way you described the organizational structure. It was very easy for me to understand. I can see a lot of little boys enjoying this book!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an amazing book, but that could be because I actually like snakes and think are fascinating and really cool! Maybe not the big ones, those are cool from a distance. But I really liked the facts that you included from the book.
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