Fishing: American Edition Book

I thought this book was great and would love to have it on my shelf. First of all, the reason I picked it out from the library, (as I'm sure this would apply to many students as well) is due to it's extra large size and bright colored front. It's an attention getter, when most of my other books I had to struggle to find what I wanted to check out. Also, the details in this book are so informative and presented in a easy to read fashion.
I would definitely read this aloud in a science unit on the body. There are so many cool pictures that I'm sure students would love to see. I could assign a project that every group was working on a different system in the body, which this book outlines each of them. This book has big text and bright pictures which children would enjoy in a read aloud.
For an independent read, if a student ever told me they wanted to be a doctor, this would be a must read. As I mentioned, the text is big and approachable, while still being extremely detailed. This could give a student a real eye-opening experience, as there are some not so pretty things about the human body. However, for that reason I would suggest it to a more mature student in my class because there are some mature things in this book that an immature student would potentially not be able to handle.
The most impressive aspect of this book would be the captions and labels of the photographs. The pictures are overwhelming as some take up the full two pages, but the author made sure to label every piece and has a caption explaining to the reader what they're looking at. I would use this book as an example of how to properly label an image, and making a descriptive caption for my students.