Bears

by JoAnn Early Macken

A fun and familiar topic, Animals I See at the Zoo contains simple text and a strong photo-text match throughout that make this series a perfect introduction to reading. Engaging, full-page photographs will capture young readers’ attention, while the leveled text clearly explains the features and habits of animals children see at the zoo and find fascinating.

24 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

JoAnn Early Macken is the author of six picture books, including Grow, Baby Says “Moo!”, Waiting Out the Storm, and Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move, and more than one hundred educational books for children. Her poems appear in many children’s magazines and anthologies, including Hop to It! Poems to Get You Moving and the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations. Her poetry instruction guide Write a Poem Step by Step is based on her workshops.

JoAnn earned her M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has taught graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education writing courses at four Wisconsin colleges. She presents writing workshops for writers of all ages.

JoAnn lives in Shorewood, Wisconsin. Visit her web site at www.joannmacken.com.

Reviews

[Eva Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was kind of hard but I read it with great pictures. But you know what? I never saw a bear at a zoo, but I saw two in the woods at the mountain with mama. So this should be called "Animals You See At The Mountain In The Woods: BEARS!!!!" HA!

[Tatum Edwards]

This was a very simple non-fiction book for early readers. It could be used to help with researching in the lower grades.