Fangs

Fangs!
Written By Heather Dakota And Tammi Salzano
Publisher/Date: Tangerine Press 2007
# of Pages: 96
Reading Level: 5th Grade
Genre: Nonfiction

Summary:

This book is all about creatures that have fangs. It's split into three different sections: reptiles, mammals, and bugs. Each page contains the name of the creature, three facts about the it and its fangs, the size, number, color, food, and where it's found, along with a real photograph of the creature. It's a very educational book, and people can learn a lot just from reading a few short pages from it.

Who Benefits from reading this book?

I think anyone could learn and benefit from this book. I think young boys who are generally interested in reptiles, bugs, and fanged creatures would be especially interested in this book. It not only talks about their fangs, but other fun facts too such as the speed at which the fastest lizard can run. So anybody who wants to learn more about a lot of different animals would also benefit from reading this book.

What conflicts/problems could this book possibly create?

I don't know if this book could cause any conflicts. If any, the pictures may be scary to some little kids. I find the ones with the bugs especially gross and scary looking. Other than that, it's just a very educational book that a person could learn a lot from.

My Reaction:

I found this book very informational, and also very intriguing. I learned a lot more than just about fangs from reading this book. It contains so many different animals and bugs, some of which I had never heard of before. I like how it ties them all together with their characteristic of having fangs, but other than that, they are very diverse. For example, I never knew that a snake could be similar to a tiger. I also liked how they included many other facts along with their fangs on the pages. The pictures were also very cool because they were real photos, and you could get a real picture of what the pages were telling you about the specific animal.