Giraffes

by Laura Marsh

Explore the African savanna with giraffes in this exciting reader. Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, kids will learn all about these amazing animals. This Level 1 reader is carefully leveled for an early independent reading or read aloud experience, perfect to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow!


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres: Nonfiction, Animals, Picture Books, Childrens, Science

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 12, 2016

Reviews

[Joanne Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

An introduction. Simple first reader of interesting giraffe facts. Beautifully illustrated with photographs. Varied compositions include close-ups, pull-out text, side bars. Mini quiz at the end. Fun for young readers.

[Sarah Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Summary:

This is a nonfiction book all about giraffes. There are details and pictures that lists awesome facts about giraffes and how they live.

Evaluation:

This book contains images on what a giraffe eats and how they live. It is easy for the reader to learn new facts about a giraffe that they might not know about. It is a book that I would like to incorporate into my classroom.

Teaching Ideas:

For a science lesson teaching about animals, I would read this book to students to introduce what a giraffe is and details about it. I would then have the students write sentences about a giraffe. I would want to know what they eat, what they look like, and where there habitat is.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Summary
This is a book about giraffes. This book has many high quality photos and information on this animal. This book gives insight into the life of a giraffe.

Evaluation
This book has lots of information on giraffes such as their habitat, diet and more! In the book, the photos make connections to the text and bring to life this amazing animal.

Teaching Idea
I would use this book in a lesson in science. I would teach them about giraffes and then do a compare and contrast venn diagram with them on giraffes and another animal they choose. We can look a the similarities and differences in both animals.

[Michelle and Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about the life and habitat of the giraffe. It describes simple facts about the animal as well as what it eats, where it lives and facts about its young. This is a perfect beginning non-fiction book for little ones. The text is easy to read and the photographs are beautiful. The book contains beautiful photographs of giraffes in their habitat. Children can get an up-close look at these amazing animals. This book is part of a series including many different animals. Other similar books include Lions, Sharks, Elephants, and Tigers. I really love this series. It is perfect for beginning readers.

[Ali Book&Seaglasshunter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Non fiction full of facts about giraffes. My complaint with this book was the series of weird “Q&A” they had on a few pages. I think they were supposed to be jokes, but they weren’t all that funny. I also think it’s confusing to put jokes like this in a nonfiction book without explicitly making it clear to the young reader they are jokes. “Why is a giraffes neck so long? So it doesn’t smell it’s feet. ”-just weird, confusing, and didn’t add anything.

[Sarah Alamer · Rating 4 out of 5]

"We're so proud of you for reading about giraffes!. Giraffes use their unique height and special features to detect threats and access distant leafy branches. Your unique qualities make you special just like giraffes do. Your curiosity about animals and nature transforms you into a young scientist who discovers the wonders of our amazing world. Your reading journey is excellent because you are doing a great job.
Love,
Mommy & Daddy"

[Katalina Harrington]

Giraffe's legs are as tall as a grown man's, and they are the tallest animals on land. No giraffe has the same spots; that is how people tell them apart. Giraffes eat from 16 to 20 hours every day. Baby giraffes can run for a few hours after they are born. When a giraffe snorts, it means there is danger and is warning others.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars - read with a student - You can't find a better series for emerging readers -engaging photos and straight-forward authentic text

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely photographs and good information on giraffes! It is an easy reader book Level 1 which is great for children who are starting to read on their own.

[christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

giraffes are pretty neat and i learned lots of cool fun facts!
(pretty sure i donated this one for a book drive and i’m happy to see that it is a solid read)

[Aneesa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the best book if you want to know about giraffes

[Sam Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn’t know I liked giraffes until I read this book

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nonfiction informative book about giraffes for beginning readers.

Lots of great little info tidbits on giraffes with fantastic accompanying photographs. There's a little activity in the back, along with vocab and jokes along the way. Some of the vocab will be challenging for beginning readers (well, just giraffe itself is a hard word to sound out correctly) so perhaps review words before you crack the cover with little ones.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great series!

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book with some amazing pictures.

[Kaylee]

Summary
This book is about giraffes and all of the different features about giraffes. It talks about their habitat, diet, and their body features.

Evaluation
I really enjoyed the real life pictures of the giraffes because it gives the readers real life examples and pictures of the habitat and diet. Students can see what they actually look like instead of just drawings of it.

Teaching Ideas
I would use this book to talk about nonfiction books and informational texts. I would point out the different features in the books like table of contents, glossary, etc.

[Samantha]

This is a very simple book with simple facts about giraffes. This would be a good book to use when students are doing a unit on animals.