Whales Book

This book is a basic, factual book about whales. I liked the pictures, they were extremely detailed and showed pictures of whales up close. I liked how the text was simple, and easy to read for a young child, even a beginning reader. (Some words were difficult.)

Perhaps the biggest thing that resonated with me would have to be the pictures. The photographs are so detailed and specific, that children can really grasp what a whale looks like up close. The book also talks about different kinds of whale, and has great pictures of them as well.

Other than the pictures, I was not really drawn to anything else in the book. To be honest, I was kind of bored. I prefer nonfiction picture books to be stories rather than factual information.

I liked this book, I just would use it differently. I think of possibly a third grade class learning about research. They are finding their own information from different books. I can see myself using this book as a resource for any student doing a project on whales. For a class reading, to get the students interested in something, I probably would not use this book. Unless the student were really interested in whales, they would probably find themselves pretty bored while the teacher was reading this.

For that possibility, I would recommend this book to be in the classroom as a research activity, or for leisure reading, but as a teacher I probably wouldn't use this book for group interactive reading lessons.