Ackbar's Underwater Army (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (DK Readers: Level 3) by Simon Beecroft

Star Wars: Dorling Kindersley

by Simon Beecroft

The DK Star Wars series provides a wonderful opportunity for parents and teacher to promote development of young children's reading skills and motivation to read. We want young children to WANT to read! Star Wars has become a familiar part of our culture with children instantly recognizing the characters on book covers, T.V. and in the movies. Now they can add more Star Wars action to their collections. Join the amphibious warrior Ackbar and his fellow squidheaded militants in an underwater battle on his aquatic homeworld of Mon Calamari. Including complex sentence structure alongside information boxes all about the underwater battle, young readers are encouraged to focus on reading alone in Ackbar's Underwater Army! © 2012 Lucasfilm Ltd. ® & TM All Rights Reserved. Used Under Authorization.

Genres: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Childrens

Library Binding

First published April 16, 2012

About the author

Simon Beecroft is the New York Times bestselling author of LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary as well as many other Star Wars titles for children, including Star Wars The Clone Wars: Watch Out For Jabba the Hutt, Star Wars: Luke Skywalker’s Amazing Story, and Star Wars: Beware the Dark Side. He has also written books on subjects as diverse as dinosaurs, extreme weather, future technology, Nelson Mandela, Power Rangers, and the Fantastic Four.

Reviews

[Krista · Rating 1 out of 5]

These particular Star Wars DK Readers are not very well written. The images are screen caps from the Clone Wars series, and the stories each follow the plot of an episode. If we were not already fans of the show, this would have been a confusing, jumbled mess. Beginning Readers can come across as choppy when not well executed, and these are even more so.

As a member of family of Star Wars fans, reading to my child who is starting to learn to read, these let me down.

[R · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple but charming coming of age story set in the Star Wars universe. The squids vs. amphibious octopi vs. shark aspect rather pushed the limits of my willing suspension of disbelief. Apparently, evolution on all worlds mimicked that of Earth, except with more anthropomorphism (a word not present in this learning-to-read book). Despite this, it was still fun to read.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 4-year-old, Ewan, loves these early reader Star Wars books. They include many pictures and Star Wars nerd vocabulary building. Me, I could do with less Jar Jar but am pleased my reading level is high enough that level 3 early readers are easy and fast to read.

[Amy Mccarty]

8/2/13
47 pgs

[Mrmustard · Rating 3 out of 5]

i thought riff tamson was cool.

[Sarah A · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book for fans of the Star Wars Clone Wars series - the book tells the story found in two episodes. It uses a lot of hard words and complex names so is not an easy reader!