Vipers

by Eric Ethan

Describes what various types of vipers look like, what they eat, where they can be found, how they defend themselves, the danger from their bites, and the outlook for their future

24 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 1997

Reviews

[Shannon D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Viper, by Eric Ethan, is a non-fiction book that talks about different characteristics of vipers. The book tells the reader about what a viper is, what they look like, where vipers live, what and how they eat, and many other interesting facts. The age range for this book is for children in grades K through second. The reason for this is because the language and sentence structure is extremely simplistic. There is a glossary, but the vocabulary that is found are words that most likely will have been introduced by time a child is in first grade. The pistures that are displayed are photographs that have been taken. These photographs depict different aspects of what vipers look like, what they eat, and their different body parts. I would definitely recommend this story for both parent and teachers to read to their children because not only is it full of fun and interesting facts, but the subject is something that interests a lot of children.

[Casey Brady · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vipers, by Eric Ethan, is a non fiction children's book about, you guessed it, vipers. The topics in the book range from their habitat to food sources, hunting techniques to just random unusual features. There does not seem to be a concrete method to the ordering of the topics discussed. There were some very interesting facts that I did not know about vipers such as they do not leg eggs but rather baby vipers.

In my opinion Vipers is meant for intermediate aged children because of the larger jargon used and as well as the slightly complex sentence structure. The photographs in the book are very vivid and even a little gruesome. One is of a viper swallowing a frog whole. Each photograph helps showcase the specific topic being talked about on the adjacent page. I recommend this book due to the intellectual knowledge that can be obtain by reading such a small book.