Snakes Are Hunters: A Colorful STEM Picture Book About Reptile Predators for Kids (Ages 4-8)

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2

by Patricia Lauber, Holly Keller (Illustrator)

Read and find out all about snakes in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Slithering, scaly, and sly—snakes are fascinating reptiles. They are also hunters. Find out how snakes survive in the wild, how they capture their prey, and much more in Snakes Are Hunters . Questions addressed in this book Read and find out in the proven winner Snakes Are Hunters ! This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series Top 10 reasons to love Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Genres: Picture Books, Science, Animals, Nature, Nonfiction, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1988

About the author

Patricia Lauber is the author of more than sixty-five books for young readers. Many of them are in the field of science, and their range reflects the diversity of her own interests - bats, dolphins, dogs, volcanoes, earthquakes, the ice ages, the Everglades, the planets, and earthworms.

Two of her books, SEEDS: POP STICK GLIDE and JOURNEY TO THE PLANETS, were nonfiction nominees for The American Book Award. She was the 1983 winner of The Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to children's nonfiction literature.

As well as writing books, Ms. Lauber has been editor of Junior Scholastic, editor-in-chief of Science World, and chief editor, science and mathematics, of The New Book of Knowledge.

A graduate of Wellesley College, she is married and lives in Connecticut. When not writing, she enjoys hiking, sailing, traveling, cooking, reading, and listening to music.

Reviews

[Katie Fitzgerald]

This was an enjoyable exploration of the behaviors of a few different snake species. I was a little surprised the text didn't make a bigger deal out of the fact that rattlesnakes are venomous and therefore dangerous, but my kids did seem to appreciate that it didn't portray snakes as inherently scary.

[Chris]

Possibly the best book on snakes ever written. If anyone, absolutely anyone, tells you otherwise they are not only deeply incorrect but also likely a broken human.
Truly excellant literature

[Heather]

I really, truly love this series. I don't think there's been a book yet that I haven't enjoyed from it. We read this for Circle Time today and both the younger boys (ages 8 and 6) really liked it. They asked a lot of questions and made additional comments about snakes from previous books and movies they've read. Who knew they knew so much? With all their snake knowledge, there were a few things here that we didn't know. While the pictures are illustrations and not photos, they are very well done and helped us properly identify the various parts of the snake's anatomy.

A good, solid book for the younger set. By second grade you'd probably want something more in-depth, but this is a great starting point.

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[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 13826 EN Nonfiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP

[Leiera Monae]

Children's Reading Adventures Book Club, Summer 2014

*D.E.A.R. Time -- Read with 8 & 9 year olds*

06.12.2014