I Didn't Know That Some Snakes Spit Poison - Hardcover

Claire Llewellyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761305866 ISBN 13: 9780761305866

Publisher: Copper Beech Books, 1997

Synopsis

Provides a fact-filled introduction for young readers about snakes, their anatomy, behavior, and more, in a guide that also features puzzles, projects, and quizzes to reinforce scientific concepts.

About this title

About the Author:

Claire Llewellyn was an editor of children's fiction and non-fiction for over ten years before becoming a writer, specializing in books for younger readers. Her 'My First Book of Time' won TES Junior Information Book Award in 1992. Since then, she has written over 50 children's books on a wide range of subjects.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4?A poison-spitting cobra and an astronaut floating through the black void of space leap off the covers of these books to draw in young readers. Each double-page spread of text is surrounded by a colorful border and a set of facts. Differing typefaces with the phrase "I didn't know that," printed in a wavy line, give visual punch to the pages of these informative titles that use a number of techniques to attract readers: true-and-false questions, search-and-find boxes, and insets. Even with all these techniques in play, the pages do not appear cluttered. Each book includes a project or activity?making a yogurt-container snake and an oxygen experiment, respectively. Much of the text in both offerings is printed white on black or black on color, giving it a bold look. Snakes includes basic facts about life span, food, reproduction, and the largest and smallest of species, while Moon includes information on space exploration, rocket stages, and life in space. Fun and facts in a colorful format that's sure to attract browsers.?Kathryn Kosiorek, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn, OH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Copper Beech Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0761305866
• ISBN 13: 9780761305866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Francis Phillips, Ian Thompson, David Wood, Rob Shone, Jo Moore