Antelopes

Amazing Animals

by Kate Riggs

This popular series travels the planet to study these and other fascinating mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates. Beautiful photos are paired with STEM-appropriate text to examine the featured creature's appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each book also presents a folk story that people have used to help explain the animal's appearance or behavior.

A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of antelopes, the bovids of Africa and Asia. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how tsessebes got their horns.

Genres: Nonfiction, Animals

24 pages, Paperback

First published February 29, 2016

Reviews

[J. Boo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some nice photographs of antelopes, but the text is overbroad. Thin material - a sentence or two per page - spread across the entire taxon. I like meatier children's science survey books; it's easy to compress text when bedtime reading needs warrant, but hard to expand.

The author stuck to the scientific definition of antelopes, so there are no American antelopes/pronghorns, not even a mention of how they don't fit in with the rest.

[Melanie Dulaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great animal series for grades 2-4! Beautiful, large photographs with caption and a brief paragraph about each type of antelope. The final “chapter” is an African tale about an antelope. Back matter includes websites and two books for additional information.

Thanks for the electronic copy, The Creative Company.

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love everything this author produces- the animal books are WONDERFUL for young children. I can't recommend highly enough!