Fish

by Lisa J. Amstutz

Overview

With their shiny scales and bright colors, pet fish put on a show! Some are wide and others are thin. Some have fantails and some have stripes. Young readers will learn about the appearance and behavior of pet fish, and discover why these silent swimmers make great pets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543501704
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2018
Series:	Our Pets
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	703,096
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lisa Amstutz is the author of more than 150 children’s books on topics ranging from applesauce to zebra mussels. An ecologist by training, she enjoys sharing her love of nature with kids. Lisa lives on a small farm with her family.

Table of Contents

What are fish? — Super swimmers — From egg to adult — What's for dinner? — In salty seas — Keeping it fresh — Sensing the world — Staying safe — Bony fish — Fish without jaws — Squishy fish — A dangerous world — Sounds fishy! — Fun facts.

Interviews

Basics about kids' favorite and most common pets are covered in a fun way for emergent readers; All Little Pebble titles have an ATOS level of 1.0 or below; controlled vocabulary, limited text load and a strong photo-text match support emergent readers

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2017
Gr 3–5—These ambitious series entries provide a general overview of the animal kingdom. Most of the information is communicated through one-sentence descriptions or definitions. Content moves from general to specific, starting with a look at taxonomy, then shifting to subtopics and individual creatures. Logical organization and creatively varied layouts help make the text accessible. A topic introduction for each spread leads into fact bites that are presented in photo captions, text boxes, and within circular frames that match the round borders of spot photographs. In some cases, images are partially obscured by the many insets and captions, creating a slightly cluttered look. With so many topics and multiple bits of data for each one, the lack of an index may frustrate kids trying to hone in on particular subjects. VERDICT Plenty of factual and visual content to engage readers, despite flaws. An additional selection.

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