Soil Book

I thought this book was great and I would completely have it in my classroom. This book is so informational but still told in an interesting way. Also, this book is approachable for young readers with bright colors and pretty illustrations. This is definitely a younger grades appropriate read which not every informational book is.
I would love to read this book aloud when talking about sea animals, or what families do on beaches. If families look for shells, then this book would be perfect! It's also very informational, but told in a story manner. So for this reason, I would love to lead the class through a lesson on what makes a story non-fiction, or informational. And even though this has a narrator feel throughout, it's absolutely an informational book, as this could be a point of discussion.
For an individual reader, I would suggest this book to a child who was maybe excited about going on vacation to the beach. This way I could suggest an informational story that the student could relate to. It's easy for students to relate to fiction, but not as much with informational books and this i think it a huge benefit to this book.
This book has great captions and labels on the illustrations. The author points out all the major points on each of the animals or plants, which is super helpful as a reader. Also, they have a list of resources in the back of the book, which I enjoyed to look at from this entertaining and informative story.