Informational Text- How Animals Behave

How Animals Behave 

National Geographic 

National Geographic Society: 1984

This Informational Text was different from all other Informational Texts that I have read this week. It was more about sharing the information rather than being creative about teaching young children about animals. In this book from National Geographic, children learn about a bunch of different animals from all around the world and talked about how they eat, protect themselves, and take care of their young. A child who is interested in animals should definitely read this book. 

This book I would give a seven out of ten because it has the beautiful pictures taken by National Geographic while also being informational through the text. This read is definitely not for a young audiences like the other choices. This book would be a better read for fourth or fifth graders because half the page is text and the other half is pictures. This book is also one hundred pages long. That means any young child would loose the attention span and would not be able to get through the text. The book also uses high frequency words and uses words that are specific to certain animals. The child has to have good comprehension skills to read this book on their own. While there are many interesting stories such as stories about Jane Goodall's journey in the wild, this informational text is all over the map with information. This book is really using basic concepts about animals that are interesting for young children to read about. My suggestion for any teacher would be to pick out different animals that have interesting stories, scan them, and give a packet to each child. This will allow you to evaluate the students and see if it is too much for a young child to handle. I would suggest having this book in your library for the beautiful National Geographic Pictures! Find this book in the DeSales Library!