Turtles and Hatchlings Book

3rd- 5th grades
McDonald did a great job on the photographs that he used in this book. They were all realistic and even made me wiggle a little because I do not like snakes. The picture of the African Rock Python eating the gazelle was pretty amazing. I think that students will love this book because of all the interesting looking snakes. The text is large and spaced well so even maybe a second grader could read this book. There are not a lot of words on the page, but some of the words are a little complicated. This book has a lot of negative space as well. I think the children will enjoy this book because it is not very long and the pictures are very interesting.
Science/ Language Arts
After reading this book I will have the children pick their favorite snake and find out more information on it. They would then give a three minute presentation on why they choose that snake and what was most interesting about that snake.