Penguins! (National Geographic Readers Series) Book

In the book, National Geographic Kids: Penguins! By Anne Schreiber she immediately caught the readers attention by starting off with rhetorical questions and a full-page image. She then goes on to showing a map and locates where penguins live, brining a pretty big factor that this is an informational book. The rest of the book continues as it goes through the rest of the sub headings including: Not Just Any Bird, What's for Dinner?, Life on Land, A Chick is Born, The Longest March, Penguin Parade, Penguin Play, and finally the Picture Glossary. The picture glossary is a great activity for kids to do at the end. It gives main vocab (with pictures) and then a fill in the blank section to go along with the vocab. As far as the main characters go, I think it's pretty safe to say it's the penguins.
My overall impression of the book was good! I thought it was a great informational book for children while keeping them interested in the pictures and fun text fonts. The only constructive opinion I do have however is that the word choice might be too advanced for younger children and I don't see younger children staying interested while being read this book. But it does say its appropriate for first graders through fifth graders. The Table of Contents allows the reader to see exactly what they will be reading about in the book. In this Table of Contents, we can see the page numbers and the sub headings, ex. "What's for Dinner?" is found on page 12. This is a great addition to a children's books because it introduces them to using a table of contents and finding information. Schreiber also uses an amazing array of images that cover most of the pages causing the reader to be more engaged by catching their eyes. Another design element she used was space, she barely left any blank space throughout the entire book.